After one of the deadliest days in Gaza, here's the conflict in numbers.

JERUSALEM — Israel’s wave of predawn airstrikes across Gaza shattered two months of relative calm during a ceasefire with Hamas. Tuesday was one of the deadliest days in Gaza since the war began, with over 400 Palestinians killed and hundreds more wounded.

The first phase of the ceasefire saw Hamas release 33 Israeli hostages in exchange for Israel releasing nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners. The deal also called on Israel to ramp up delivery of humanitarian aid into Gaza. After those exchanges wrapped up, Israel cut off all aid to Gaza to pressure Hamas to extend the ceasefire.

The renewed Israeli offensive threatens to escalate the spiraling humanitarian crisis for Gaza’s roughly 2 million Palestinians. Hamas says the pounding bombardments put the 24 remaining hostages' lives in danger.

Here’s a look at the 17-month-old conflic t by the numbers, sourced from the Gaza Health Ministry, the Israeli military and government, and the United Nations.
Current situation inside Gaza

Palestinians killed Tuesday — at least 404

Women and children killed Tuesday — 263

Senior Hamas officials killed Tuesday — 6

Aid trucks Israel let into Gaza since March 2 — zero
Overall war statistics

Palestinians killed — at least 48,981

(The Hamas-linked Health Ministry does not distinguish between civilians and combatants in its tally, but says more than half of them were women and children.)

Palestinians wounded — at least 112,603

Average number of aid trucks entering Gaza each day in December — 93 (U.N.), 163 (Israel)

Aid trucks entering Gaza each day between the start of the ceasefire and March 2 — 600

People killed in Israel on Oct. 7, 2023 — 1,200

Israeli soldiers killed in Israel’s subsequent ground operation in Gaza — 407

Palestinians displaced at war’s peak — 1.9 million, or roughly 90 per cent of the population
Hostages/Prisoners

Living hostages held by Hamas — 24

Non-Israelis — 1 Thai and 1 Nepalese (alive), 2 Thais and 1 Tanzanian (dead)

Living Israeli hostages — 22, including 4 soldiers

Bodies of hostages held by Hamas — 35, including 9 soldiers

Hostages released during recent ceasefire — 33

Hostages taken on Oct. 7, 2023 — 251

Palestinian prisoners released during recent ceasefire — more than 1,700

A meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US leader Donald Trump will be organized as soon as the necessity arises, and Moscow is preparing for the encounter, Russian leader's aide Yury Ushakov told VGTRK journalist Pavel Zarubin.

"We are preparing for the meeting, and it will be organized as soon as there is a need for it," he said.

Russian air defenses down four #JDAM bombs, 141 Ukrainian drones in past day — top brass.

Russian troops have hit Ukraine’s military airfields, drone production workshops and their storage sites in the past day, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

Russian air defense systems have shot down four JDAM bombs and 141 unmanned aerial vehicles of the Ukrainian army over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

"Air defenses shot down four US-made JDAM guided air bombs and 141 fixed-wing drones," the report said.

The Ukrainian army has lost up to 240 military personnel over the day due to the actions of Russia’s Battlegroup West, the Russian Defense Ministry added.

"The units of the Battlegroup West have improved their tactical position. They inflicted a defeat on manpower and equipment of mechanized, assault and artillery brigades of the Ukrainian army in the areas of Izyumskoye, Vyssheye Solenoye, Borovaya, Druzhelyubovka, Katerinovka of the Kharkov Region and Novoye of the Donetsk People’s Republic. The enemy lost up to 240 servicemen, two US-made M113 armored personnel carriers, an armored combat vehicle, 10 automobiles, four field artillery guns, a Grad multiple rocket launcher and two Quertus electronic warfare stations," the Defense Ministry said.

Ukrainian troops have lost up to 305 military personnel and a tank over the day due to the actions of Russia’s Battlegroup South, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

It also noted that the group’s units took more favorable lines and positions and defeated #Ukrainian formations in the Donetsk People’s Republic.

US President Donald Trump believes that the Russian side will agree to the terms of the Ukrainian conflict settlement.

"We’ve had some pretty good news coming out of Russia," he told journalists at the Joint Base Andrews near Washington before departing for Florida. "I feel that Russia is going to make a deal with us, I hope," the US leader added. He did not specify what news he was speaking of.

"We’ve spoken with President [of Russia Vladimir] Putin," Trump said, referring to the conversation between the Russian leader and US Presidential Special Envoy Steve Witkoff. "We’ve spoken with a lot of people. And Ukraine is waiting," he added.

"I’m getting, from the standpoint about a ceasefire and ultimately a deal, some pretty good vibes coming out of Russia," Trump emphasized. He did not share any details.

Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov earlier said that Putin had received US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff late on Thursday and asked him to pass along a message to President Trump. The spokesperson did not disclose the topics of the conversation between Putin and Witkoff. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced on March 12 that Witkoff would travel to Moscow to discuss ways to resolve the conflict in Ukraine.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday that following the return of Witkoff to the US that members of the US administration would "examine the Russian position more closely." According to Rubio, Trump "will then determine what the next steps" the US will take in regard to the settlement are.
Ceasefire discussions

On March 11, negotiations took place in Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah between delegations from the United States and Ukraine. Following these discussions, Ukraine decided to accept the US proposal for a 30-day ceasefire. In turn, Washington agreed to immediately lift the pause on intelligence sharing and resume military assistance to Kiev. The parties also agreed to sign the agreement on the extraction of Ukrainian minerals as soon as possible.

On March 13, Putin expressed gratitude to Trump for his involvement in the peace negotiations and endorsed the idea of a ceasefire. However, the Russian president mentioned several critical issues regarding the status of Ukrainian military personnel who had invaded the Kursk Region, the mechanisms for monitoring the ceasefire, and Ukraine’s potential actions during this period. He stated that Moscow was open to proposals for ending hostilities in Ukraine, provided they paved the way for long-term peace and addressed the root causes of the crisis.

Leaders of #Russia, Belarus, Tajikistan call Azeri president at informal meeting — Kremlin.
Aliyev expressed his gratitude for Putin’s invitation to attend the May 9 events in the Russian capital, the Azerbaijani leader’s press service said

#Starmer urges Putin to prove he is serious about peace by signing up to #Ukraine ceasefire

Arrested Russian captain of a #cargo vessel involved in North Sea collision charged.

#LONDON — British police said Friday the Russian captain of a cargo ship that collided with a U.S. tanker has been charged over the death of a crew member, who is missing and presumed dead.

Vladimir Motin, who was the master of the Portugal-flagged cargo vessel Solong, will appear in Hull Magistrates’ Court on Saturday charged with what English legal authorities term “gross negligence manslaughter,” Humberside Police said.

It wasn’t immediately clear where Motin was being held or whether he has approved legal representation.

Motin, 59, who is from Primorsky, St. Petersburg, was arrested in northeast England on Tuesday, a day after the collision with the MV Stena Immaculate, a tanker transporting jet fuel for the U.S. military in the North Sea.

Humberside Police confirmed that the missing crew member is “now presumed dead” after extensive searches. It said the family are being supported by specialist trained officers.

The Crown Prosecution Service said Filipino national Mark Angelo Pernia, 38, has been named as the crew member who is presumed to have died in the collision.

“We have authorized Humberside Police to charge a Russian national in relation to a collision involving two vessels in the North Sea off the east coast of England,” said Frank Ferguson, head of the prosecutor’s office special crime and counter terrorism division.

Shipping company Ernst Russ, which owns the Solong, has said previously that the ship’s 14 crew were a mix of Russian and Filipino nationals.

U.K. authorities have said there is nothing so far to indicate that it’s connected to national security.

The U.K. Marine Accident Investigation Branch is also involved in investigating what caused the Solong, bound from Grangemouth, Scotland, to Rotterdam, Netherlands, to hit the stationary tanker, which was anchored about 10 miles (16 kilometers) off the English coast.

The investigation is being led by the U.S. and Portugal, the countries where the vessels are flagged.

Port inspection documents show the Solong failed steering-related safety checks in Dublin, Ireland, in July, with the vessel’s “emergency steering position communications/compass reading” unreadable. Inspectors found a total of 10 deficiencies, including “inadequate” alarms, survival craft “not properly maintained” and fire doors “not as required.”

#Russia deputy foreign minister visits North Korea, #KCNA says.— Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko is visiting North Korea, North Korean state media KCNA said on Saturday.

His trip takes place following a U.S. proposal for a ceasefire in the Ukraine war where thousands of North Korean troops have been deployed to support Russian forces, according to Ukrainian, U.S. and South Korean officials.

Rudenko has been involved in developing Russian ties with North Korea since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. He was also a member of the Russian delegations at peace negotiations with Ukraine early in the war.

KCNA reported that the deputy minister had visited a landmark monument in the capital Pyongyang but did not provide further details.

More than 12,000 North Korean troops were in Russia, fighting against Ukrainian forces in the border region of Kursk, Dorothy Shea, then-deputy U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, told the U.N. Security Council in January.

U.S. President Donald Trump urged Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin on Friday to spare Ukrainian troops that Russia is pushing out of the Kursk region, an appeal Putin said he would honor if they surrendered.

Satellites could monitor ceasefire in Ukraine, US state secretary says.A joint statement, published after March 11 US-Ukrainian talks in Jeddah, said that the countries have agreed to sign a comprehensive agreement on the development of critically important mineral resources soon.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio believes that satellites might be used to monitor compliance with potential ceasefire agreements in Ukraine.

"Well, the interesting thing about modern warfare is that it's easier than ever to monitor," he told reporters at an airport in Ireland after talks with a Ukrainian delegation in Jeddah. "Simply because there's so many eyes on the ground, and there's also all sorts of overhead commercial satellites, and it would be pretty hard to hide drone strikes, it would be hard to hide missile strikes, ballistic strikes, artillery," Rubio said when asked how a potential ceasefire could be enforced. "So, we feel like that is something that could be monitored," the secretary of state noted.

A joint statement, published after March 11 US-Ukrainian talks in Jeddah, said that the countries have agreed to sign a comprehensive agreement on the development of critically important mineral resources soon. The Kiev regime has confirmed its readiness to accept Washington’s proposal for a 30-day ceasefire in the conflict with Russia. The United States pledged to resume providing intelligence and support to Ukraine immediately.

On Tuesday, US President Donald Trump announced that Washington intended to hold talks with the Russian side later "today or tomorrow." Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova did not rule out that contacts between Russian and US representatives would occur in the next few days

Air defenses eliminate 88 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions overnight
52 UAVs were eliminated over the territory of the Belgorod Region.

Russian air defense systems downed 88 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions overnight, the Defense Ministry reported.

"In the period from 8:00 p.m. on March 8 to 7:00 a.m. on March 9 on-duty air defense capabilities intercepted and destroyed 88 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV): 52 UAVs over the territory of the Belgorod Region, 13 UAVs over the territory of the Lupetsk Region, nine UAVs over the territory of the Rostov Region, eight UAVs over the territory of the Voronezh Region, three UAVs over the territory of the Astrakhan Region, and one UAV over each of the territories of the Krasnodar Region, the Ryazan Region, and the Kursk Region," the ministry said.