Israeli forces continue bombarding Gaza, killing Hamas spokesman Abdel-Latif al-Qanoua and eight other Palestinians in predawn attacks.

    UN says Israel’s renewed offensive on Gaza has displaced more than 142,000 people in the past week alone.

    Israeli forces also continue attacks on Syria, launching several raids in and around the port city of Latakia, according to Syrian media.

    Gaza’s Health Ministry says at least 50,183 Palestinians are confirmed dead and 113,828 wounded in Israel’s war on Gaza. Gaza’s Government Media Office updated its death toll to more than 61,700, saying thousands of Palestinians missing under the rubble are presumed dead.

    At least 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the Hamas-led October 7, 2023, attacks and more than 200 were taken captive.

    Israeli attacks killed two education officials in Gaza

    Euro-Med has more on the victims of Israel’s assault in the past week.

    The rights group said Israeli attacks killed two government officials working in the education sector.

    They are Jihad al-Agha, the head of the supervision department at the East Khan Younis Education Directorate, who was killed in a raid targeting his home on March 23 along with his wife, child, and three daughters, and Manar Abu Khater, the director of education in East Khan Younis, who was killed along with two of his sons in an Israeli air strike on Khan Younis on March 24.

    “An individual does not lose their civilian status or become a legitimate target for attack simply because they hold an administrative or civilian position within a governmental or organisational structure, unless they are actively and consistently engaged in hostilities, which was not the case in the situation of al-Agha or Abu Khater,” the group said.

    Gaza’s Government Media Office has previously said Israel killed four more senior officials on Tuesday, March 18.

    They are Issam al-Dalis, the head of government public works; Ahmed al-Hatta, undersecretary of the Justice Ministry; Mahmoud Abu Watfa, undersecretary of the Interior Ministry; and Bahjat Abu Sultan, director general of the internal security service.

    Four teens wounded in Israeli raids on West Bank

    The Wafa news agency says the four teenagers were wounded in two different raids in the occupied West Bank.

    In the town of Beit Ummar, near the city of Hebron, Israeli forces shot and injured two of them in their thighs and one in his leg. All of them, aged 16 years, were transferred to hospitals nearby for treatment. In the same town, the soldiers also arrested an 18-year-old and her father and opened fire on worshippers at a mosque there, the agency reported.

    In a separate raid on the Balata refugee camp, near the city of Nablus, Israeli forces shot a 15-year-old in the foot. He was also taken to hospital.

    Israeli soldiers also fired stun grenades and tear gas during raids in the Nablus area, the agency added.