(18 Mar 2025)
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++CLIENTS NOTE: EDIT CONTAINS GRAPHIC FOOTAGE OF DEAD BODIES, INCLUDING CHILD++
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Gaza City, Gaza Strip – 18 March 2025
1. Dozens of covered bodies laid out on ground outside Shifa Hospital
2. Man and woman mourning over body of boy
3. Man holding hand of man’s covered body
4. Various of bodies being moved on stretchers and trolleys
5. Various top shots of men standing around two groups of bodies laid on ground
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Khan Younis, Gaza Strip – 18 March 2025
6. women mourning near wrapped bodies
7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Fedaa Hamdan, wife and mother of Israeli airstrike victims:
"I was asleep, sleeping with my children. I woke up to find my husband and children dead. My children and husband are dead. Oh Arabs, wake up, shame on you. May God punish you, (Benjamin) Netanyahu."
8. Various of people mourning their loved ones
9. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ahmad Bashir, relative of Israeli airstrike victims:
"At 2 o’clock (2 a.m. local time) we were sitting, and suddenly we saw warplanes, helicopters and drones hit the tents, the people, the displaced and the Hamad Towers (neighbourhood in Khan Younis). We did not know what was happening. This is Netanyahu’s target bank, the children, this is his target bank."
10. men carrying wrapped bodies
STORYLINE:
Palestinians mourned their loved ones outside morgues in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday who were among hundreds killed in an overnight Israeli bombardment of the territory.
Fedaa Hamdan said her husband and children had been killed in the strikes in Khan Younis.
She said they were unable to have anything to eat for their morning meal during Ramadan.
Ahmad Bashir said they started hearing the attacks coming from around 2 a.m.
"This is Netanyahu’s target bank, the children," Bashir said, holding a wrapped body in his arms.
Gaza’s Health Ministry says more than 400 people have been killed in Tuesday morning’s bombardment.
The surprise Israeli bombardment shattered a ceasefire in place since January and threatened to fully reignite the 17-month-old war.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the strikes after Hamas refused Israeli demands to change the ceasefire agreement.
Officials said the operation was open-ended and was expected to expand.
The attack during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan could signal the full resumption of a war that has already killed tens of thousands of Palestinians and caused widespread destruction across Gaza.
It also raised concerns about the fate of the roughly two dozen Israeli hostages held by Hamas who are believed to still be alive.
There were no reports of any attacks by Hamas several hours after the bombardment, indicating it still hoped to restore the truce.
The strikes came as Netanyahu comes under mounting domestic pressure, with mass protests planned over his handling of the hostage crisis and his decision to fire the head of Israel’s internal security agency.
His latest testimony in a long-running corruption trial was canceled after the strikes.
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