After Israel launched intense airstrikes against densely populated areas, killing hundreds of Palestinians in less than an hour, many of whom were women and children, scores of injured Palestinians were taken to the hospital.
In a 17-month war that has caused widespread destruction across Gaza and killed more than 48, 000 Palestinians, the surprise attack increased the chances of a full return to fighting.
What are the Israeli attacks’ allocators’ statements:
Hamas has urged people to “raise their voices” to condemn the continuation of the Zionist extermination war against the Palestinians. Additionally, the group claimed that Israel is “fully accountable for breaking and overturning the agreement.”
In a statement, Netanyahu and his Nazi government “resume their aggression and genocidal war” against Gaza Strip defenseless civilians. We hold the Nazi Zionist occupation, the criminal Netanyahu, and the besieged Palestinian people, who are engaged in a brutal war and a systematic policy of starvation, entirely responsible for the repercussions of the treacherous aggression against Gaza, as well as the defenseless civilians and our besieged Palestinian people.
In order to overturn the ceasefire, Netanyahu and his extremist government are deciding to leave Gaza’s prisoners vulnerable.
The Islamic Jihad in Palestine (PIJ) says Israel is continuing its “war of extermination” on Gaza after “deliberately sabotaging all efforts to reach a ceasefire”, according to a statement shared by Israeli media outlet Haaretz.
Neither on the ground nor in negotiations will Israel gain from the renewed attacks by Netanyahu and his “bloodthirsty Nazi government.”
We reaffirm that thanks to the steadfastness of our oppressed people and the courage of our mujahideen in the fields of… resistance, what Netanyahu and his barbaric army failed to accomplish in 15 months of crimes and bloodshed, they will not accomplish again.
According to Israeli officials, the most recent assault on Gaza could go on forever.
According to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office, “Israel will immediately attack Hamas with a growing military force.”
It claimed that Hamas “repeatedly refused to release our hostages and rejected all offers it received from the mediators and the US presidential envoy, Steve Witkoff.”
In a statement, Netanyahu and Defense Minister Katz instructed the IDF to take immediate action against the Hamas terrorist organization in the Gaza Strip. The IDF is currently attacking targets in the Gaza Strip that belong to the Hamas terrorist organization in order to accomplish the war’s goals, including the release of all of our hostages, both the living and the deceased.
“Israel will use its growing military might to fight Hamas from now on.”
Israel’s most recent attack constituted “a blatant violation of all international and humanitarian conventions,” according to the Government Media Office in Gaza in a statement. It does so in disregard of the ceasefire agreement.
The majority of these martyrs and missing people are women, children, and elderly people who were victims of genocides that targeted humanity, the land, and Palestinian history, according to the statement.
In a statement released on Monday, Inter Miami announced that a scan had revealed Messi had suffered a “low-grade injury in the adductor muscle” during the team’s 2-1 victory on Sunday. No schedule was provided for Messi’s return, according to the statement.
His availability for competition will depend on his clinical progress and response, according to Inter.
The 37-year-old returned with a goal off the bench in a CONCACAF Champions Cup victory after missing three games for Inter earlier this month.
Argentina’s squad for the world championship match against Uruguay on Friday, which will be followed by a showdown with Brazil on March 25 is without Messi.
In their next two games, Argentina will be guaranteed qualification for the next tournament.
Five points ahead of Uruguay in Montevideo, they lead the South American qualifying group’s 10-team group.
The top six teams from the United States, Mexico, and Canada automatically advance to the World Cup.
With six goals in the final twelve rounds, Messi leads the league in goals scored.
Additionally, Argentina are without River Plate fullback Paulo Montiel and Roma striker Paulo Dybala.
In response to a wave of violence and criminal activity, Peru has declared a state of emergency in the capital.
Late on Monday, the government under the leadership of President Dina Boluarte issued the decree directing the deployment of troops to Lima’s streets. The decision was prompted by the tragic death of a well-known singer in a criminal attack, which will grant police and the military the authority to detain people without any restrictions and for 30 days.
Even though authorities have cited recent gang arrests, the clampdown comes after weeks of more violent incidents involving criminal organizations that frequently target businesses, including those in transportation.
A well-known cumbia singer named Paul Flores passed away on Sunday as a result of an assault by assailants on a bus he was riding on in an ostensible attempt to extort the driver.
The shooting sparked outcry in the media after an explosion at a restaurant that left at least 11 people injured.
In recent months, there have been more murders, violent extortions, and attacks on public spaces in Peru. Between January 1 and March 16, police reported 459 killings and 1,909 extortion reports, all in January.
Boluarte declared that she would like to see murderers receive the death penalty as a result of the crime wave. Only convicted traitors can be executed in Peru.
Interior Minister Juan Jose Santivanez is being sued by opposition lawmakers for allegedly lacking a strategy to deal with the violence.
Later this week, the Congress’s plenary is scheduled to discuss the vote.
When criminal activity or social unrest has increased in recent years, Peruvian authorities have a number of emergency declarations.
The highlights of Tuesday, March 18 are listed below.
After nine months stranded in space, NASA astronauts are soon expected to be back on Earth.
The International Space Station (ISS) will depart early on Tuesday morning and is expected to splash down off the Florida coast in the evening. The astronauts were forced to spend much longer in space after their original return spacecraft, the Boeing Starliner, was deemed unsafe for the journey home.
What you need to know about their lengthy stay and return is as follows:
Sunita “Suni” Williams, 59, and Barry “Butch” Wilmore, 61, both seasoned space travelers with experience from NASA, are the two astronauts who are stranded on the International Space Station (ISS).
Williams, a retired US Navy officer and current ISS commander, left the organization in 1998. She has completed nine spacewalks and spent 322 days in space throughout her career. Up until 2017, Peggy Whitson took the title for the most spacewalks a female astronaut had previously held.
In 2009, Wilmore took the Space Shuttle Atlantis to space. He had spent 178 days in space before the Boeing Starliner mission. He has conducted research on plant growth in space, the effects of microgravity on the human body, and environmental changes on Earth on previous ISS missions as a flight engineer and commander.
Williams was the pilot and Wilmore the commander of the Boeing mission.
After their replacements on the space station arrived on Sunday, Wilmore and Williams are expected to leave the ISS a little after 12:45 AM ET on Tuesday (04:45 GMT on Tuesday).
A SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule has been docked at the station since September 2024, and they will soon be returning. With two empty seats available for Wilmore and Williams’ return, this capsule originally transported Russian astronaut Aleksandr Gorbunov and NASA astronaut Nick Hague to the ISS.
A fourth astronaut, who would be traveling with them, arrived to replace them, so the four could not go back on the same capsule.
That is now occurring. Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, both from NASA, Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Russian astronaut Kirill Peskov were on Sunday at 12:04 AM ET (04:04 GMT), and Crew ten, which docked at the ISS on Sunday. On Friday, they launched from the US’s Florida Kennedy Space Center.
Williams and Wilmore’s return negotiations started late on Monday night. Hatch closure preparations began at 10: 45pm ET (02: 45 GMT).
The astronauts’ departure and arrival via live streaming from NASA. According to NASA, the Crew Dragon capsule that will bring them back is scheduled to depart from the ISS shortly after 12:45 AM ET (04:45 GMT). Just before 6 p.m. ET (22:00 GMT), it is anticipated to swell into the Atlantic Ocean.
Williams and Wilmore had to move back home as a result of technical problems with the spacecraft.
As part of its first crewed test flight, they boarded a CST-100 Starliner from Boeing and traveled to the ISS. The commercial crew program at NASA’s Commercial Crew Program aimed to create private spacecraft for carrying astronauts to and from the station. NASA has stated that it intends to concentrate on deep space exploration, including the Moon missions and upcoming human missions to Mars, by outsourcing low-Earth orbit missions.
Starliner encountered helium leaks and a malfunctioning thruster that aids in reentry during the 25-hour flight to the ISS. Four more of the 28 thrusters failed when it arrived on June 6 causing a delay in docking with the station.
Williams and Wilmore are stranded on the ISS despite engineers’ restoration of four of the five malfunctioning thrusters, but NASA decided the spacecraft was too dangerous for humans to travel on it.
NASA made the decision to reinstate them on a SpaceX vehicle in August 2024. Since the launch of the Dragon-9 on September 29, 2024, only one US astronaut has been stationed on the space station, which limits research and emergency response.
Williams and Wilmore can now finally return home with the addition of their replacement crew members on Crew 10.
By the time Williams and Wilmore are back in orbit, they will have spent more than nine months there. They have been in space since June 5, 2024.
They were originally scheduled to spend just eight days in space after taking off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, in June.
For astronauts, the typical ISS rotation lasts for roughly six months.
Williams and Wilmore are still in good health despite their unanticipated stay, and they even went on a spacewalk in January.
Exercise, work, and leisure are the main activities on board the ISS. To maintain their bone and muscle strength, they should do regular routines on both the treadmill and resistance machine.
Numerous space agencies and private companies also scheduled scheduled missions to resupply the space station with food, water, and oxygen, which were frequently carried out by cargo missions throughout the year.
According to The Times newspaper in London, the two also had a festive dinner that included smoked salmon, crab, duck, foie gras, cranberry sauce, and Atlantic lobster.
Williams and Wilmore have also been able to stay in touch with their families via email and phone.
Williams and Wilmore were “feeling good, working out, and eating right,” Williams claimed in a November interview with Lester Holt on NBC Nightly News.
“We have a lot of fun up here,” she continued. Really, don’t worry about us if people are worried about us because we’re a happy crew here.
Not just the first astronauts to experience an unanticipated extended stay in space, Williams and Wilmore are among them. In some cases, astronauts were forced to remain in orbit longer than originally planned due to technical issues or geopolitical issues.
Frank Rubio’s 371-day mission on board the ISS, which ran from 2022 to 2023, was the longest spaceflight by a US astronaut, and it was delayed due to problems with the Soyuz spacecraft. He ultimately made a different Soyuz capsule return.
Due to the Soviet Union’s collapse in 1991, Sergei Krikalev, a Soviet astronaut, was stranded for 311 days on the now-defunct Mir space station.