The Daily File

So that we won't say we didn't know

Adi Ronen Argov2 min read

Sunday, March 16, 2025 – The Gaza Strip

General

‣ In the past 24 hours, brought to hospitals were

◦ 29 killed persons (15 of them bodies rescued from rubble);

◦ 51 wounded persons.

‣ Since October 7, 2023:

◦ 48,572 persons killed;

◦ 111,032 persons wounded.

‣ 17 bodies including 8 unidentified transferred from Shifaa Hospital Compound to burial;

‣ The 44th group of wounded and ill persons is evacuated from the Gaza Strip through the Rafah crossing;

‣ The Palestinian Ministry of Health: 38,000 children orphaned since October 7, 2023;

‣ UNICEF: only one of every 10 persons has access to clean water in the Gaza Strip;

‣ Over half a million tons of debris and waste have accumulated in the Gaza Strip, of which 200,000 tons are in Gaza City itself;

‣ World Food Program – no food has entered the Gaza Strip since the crossings were closed on March 2, 2025.

Northern strip

1. Beit Lahia – the 9 persons killed in yesterday’s drone attack on a group of journalists are buried. Another person wounded in this attack died of his wounds today.

2. Beit Hanoun – Machine-gun fire.

3. Al Zeitoun, Gaza City – drone attack, one person killed near Kuweiti Junction.

Central strip

1. Juhor Ad-Dik – drone attacks a group of people. One person killed.

2. Al Bureij refugee camp – attack east of camp, one person killed.

Southern strip

1. Abasan Al Kabira and Ghabsan Al Jadida, east of Khan Yunis – tank fire.

2. Al Farahin near Abasan Al Kabira, east of Khan Yunis – shots fired at houses in the neighborhood.

3. Rafah, Al Shaboura neighborhood – aerial attack. Shots fired from the sea towards the shore.

4. Tel Al Sultan, west of Rafah – 3 persons wounded in drone attack.

5. Al Janina, east of Rafah – heavy shooting of houses during breaking the fast.


Sources

Addameer, Al Jazeera, Amar Assadi Telegram, BBC, Colonization & Wall Resistance Commission, Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, DCI - Palestine, Democracy Now, Genocide in Gaza, Haaretz, HRANA - Human Rights Activists News Agency, IDF (Israel Defence Forces), International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Jordan Valley Activists, Letters of American healthcare workers who worked in Gaza, Local Call, Looking the Occupation in the Eye, Masafering (Outside the Herd), Matan Golan, Middle East Eye, Ministry of Public Health – Gaza, Ministry of Public Health - Lebanon, OCHA Lebanon, OCHA OPT, Palestine Datasets, Palestine Red Crescent Society, Palestinian Health Ministry, Quds News, Reuters, Rosa News, South Hebron Mountain Activists, Ta'ayush, Tasnim News Agency, Tech for Palestine, The Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), The Washington Post, UNICEF, Wafa News Agency, West Bank Notifications, WHO, yNet, Zirat War