Two-thirds of people Israel killed in Gaza strikes were women and children
Women sit together in mourning at al-Ahli Arab hospital by the shrouded bodies of victims killed by Israeli bombardment, Gaza City, 18 March 2025
Al Jazeera reports on 19 March 2025:
In the early hours of Tuesday morning, Israeli forces killed at least 436 people in 100 simultaneous strikes across the Gaza Strip, shattering the fragile two-month-old ceasefire with Hamas.
According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, at least 436 people were killed including at least 183 children, 94 women, 34 elderly people and 125 men. At least 678 others were injured, many critically, with more still trapped under the rubble.
Al Jazeera’s fact-checking agency, SANAD, identified 23 locations attacked by the Israeli military on Tuesday, from dawn until approximately 2pm local time (12:00 GMT). These locations are mapped below.
Israeli attacks targeted various areas across the Gaza Strip, from north to south, including Jabalia, Beit Hanoon, Gaza City, Nuseirat, Deir el-Balah, Khan Younis and Rafah. Areas that had been designated as safe humanitarian zones, including the al-Mawasi area, were also attacked.
In western Gaza City, a group of civilians, including a woman with special needs, was attacked in front of al-Rantisi Children’s Hospital.
Additionally, two schools sheltering displaced families, al-Tabin School in Daraj, Gaza City, and Dar al-Fadhila School northwest of Rafah City, were bombed. At least 25 people were killed.