GAZA, March 26, 2025 (WAFA) –Massive marches continued in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, demanding an end to the Israeli genocidal aggression and war of extermination waged against the Strip, lifting the blockade, and the entry of basic needs.
The marches extended from towns and camps in the northern Gaza Strip to the city of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, with popular anger escalating over the current situation.
Participants chanted slogans demanding that Hamas “keep its hand off the fate of our people in the Strip”, emphasizing that the Palestinian people will not accept that their fate remain dependent on a regional-factional agenda that does not reflect their national identity and supreme interests.
They held up banners reading: "we refuse to die," "the blood of our children is not cheap," "enough with wars," and "stop the war."
These marches come amid deteriorating living conditions in the Gaza Strip, especially after the Israel unilaterally ended the Gaza ceasefire agreement and resumed its aggression on March 18. Gaza now suffers from a stifling blockade that has impacted all aspects of life. The imposed restrictions and monopoly of basic goods have caused unprecedented price hikes, further fueling public discontent.
Accusations have also mounted against some merchants believed to be exploiting the crisis for personal gain, amid suspicions of collaborating with the de facto authority, Hamas, to control the local market.
Israel unilaterally ended the Gaza ceasefire agreement and resumed its aggression on the Strip on Tuesday, March 18, carrying out a wave of bloody airstrikes across the Strip and killing hundreds of Palestinians, including over 100 children.
The death toll reached 506 with 909 others wounded, according to medical sources. Emergency teams are attempting to recover victims still trapped beneath the rubble.
The aggression was resumed amidst concerns over the deterioration of the humanitarian situation in the Strip given the ongoing siege and ban on the entry of medical and humanitarian aid.
Israel has waged a military onslaught on the Strip since October 2023, killing 50,183 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injuring 113,828 others.
Moreover, at least 10,000 people are unaccounted for, presumed dead under the rubble of their homes throughout the Strip.
The Israeli aggression has also resulted in the forceful displacement of nearly two million people from all over the Gaza Strip, with the vast majority of the displaced forced into the densely crowded southern city of Rafah near the border with Egypt – in what has become Palestine’s largest mass exodus since the 1948 Nakba.
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