Gaza medics say 42 killed in Israeli attacks since dawn
Summary:
- Israel pounds Gaza, killing at least 42 Palestinians since dawn, according to Gaza medics.
- The renewed attacks come after Israel's military ordered residents of five neighbourhoods of central Deir el-Balah to flee.
- Israeli forces have also shot and killed a Palestinian-American boy in the occupied West Bank and killed two others in southern Lebanon.
- US forces have killed at least four people in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa.
- Gaza's Health Ministry says at least 50,700 Palestinians are confirmed dead and 115,475 wounded in Israel's war on Gaza. The Government Media Office updated its death toll to more than 61,700, saying thousands of people 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.
9:45pm - Al Jazeera
Hamas slams US claims it uses 'ambulances for terrorism'
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Hamas has slammed a statement by the US which claimed the Palestinian group "uses ambulances and more broadly human shields for terrorism".
It said the remarks by Brian Hughes, a spokesperson for the US National Security Council, express the Trump administration's "understanding of the crime of executing Red Crescent and Civil Defence personnel in Rafah".
"[The remarks] are a hideous example of immoral solidarity with the Nazis of our time in their brutal war against defenceless civilians and humanitarian organisations," the group said.
9:05pm - Al Jazeera
42 killed in Israeli attacks since dawn
The number of casualties provided to Al Jazeera by medical sources in Gaza has increased throughout the day as Israel continues its attacks across the enclave.
According to the medics, at least 42 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks since dawn.
8:35pm - Reuters
Palestinian journalist killed in Gaza as Israel targets colleague
A Palestinian journalist was killed on Monday and nine others were wounded, some critically, when an Israeli air strike hit a tent used by local media in southern Gaza, medics and the local journalists' union said.
Footage showed people trying to douse flames in the tent, inside the compound of the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, during the early hours of Monday.
The Israeli military said in a statement it struck Hassan Aslih, whom they described as a "terrorist, who operates under the guise of a journalist" and a member of Hamas' Khan Younis Brigade.
Aslih, a well-known Palestinian journalist in Gaza, with hundreds of thousands of followers on social media platforms, was critically wounded in the strike, medics said.
8:25pm - Al Jazeera
Israel prevents entry of polio vaccines into Gaza
Gaza's Health Ministry says Israel is preventing the entry of polio vaccines into Gaza, threatening the gains made in seven months of efforts to combat the spread of an epidemic.
On World Health Day, the ministry said sanitary conditions across Gaza were deteriorating amid the disruption of water pumps and the ban on food and medical aid.
It added that Palestinians, especially children, were exposed to malnutrition as well as the spread of diarrhoea, skin diseases and epidemics.
8:00pm - Al Jazeera
Israeli army says Hezbollah member killed in attack on Lebanon's Taybeh
The Israeli military has claimed its drone attack on Lebanon's southern city killed a Hezbollah member.
He was identified as Muhammad Adnan Mansour, Hezbollah's artillery commander, it said in a statement.
7:35pm - Al Jazeera
Israeli drone targets southern Lebanon
One person has been wounded in an Israeli drone attack on a car in Beit Lif, in the Bint Jbeil district of southern Lebanon, the National News Agency reports.
This comes hours after a similar attack in the southern city of Taybeh, which killed one person.
6:40pm - Al Jazeera
Netherlands tightens controls on military and dual use exports to Israel
The Dutch government says it has tightened export controls for all military and "dual use" goods destined for Israel.
All direct exports and the transit of these goods to Israel will be checked to see if they comply with European regulations, and will no longer be covered by general export licences, the government said in a letter to parliament.
6:00pm - Al Jazeera
PRCS demands independent inquiry into killing of paramedics
The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) has called for an independent international investigation commission "to establish the facts and hold those responsible accountable" after Israel killed 15 medics in Gaza, reports Al Jazeera.
"It is no longer sufficient to speak of respecting the international law and Geneva convention," PRCS president Younis al-Khatib said.
"It is now required from the international community and the UN Security Council to implement the necessary punishment against all who are responsible."
5:12pm
Gaza death toll surpasses 50,700 - UNB
At least 57 people have been killed and 137 others injured in Gaza over the past 24 hours, according to the latest update from Gaza's Government Media Office.
Since Israel resumed its offensive on March 18, the number of fatalities has climbed to 1,391, with 3,434 reported injuries.
The total casualties since October 7, 2023, have now reached 50,752 deaths and 115,475 injuries, reports Al Jazeera.
5:02pm
Israel seizes 50% of Gaza
Israel has significantly increased its control over the Gaza Strip since resuming its conflict with Hamas last month. It now holds more than half of Gaza, pushing Palestinians into smaller areas of land, reports AP.
The largest area under Israeli control is along the Gaza border, where the military has destroyed Palestinian homes, farmland, and infrastructure, rendering the region uninhabitable. This military buffer zone has doubled in size recently.
4:59pm
Peace impossible without addressing the Palestinian cause, el-Sisi says
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi today (7 April) said addressing the Palestinian cause was critical to ensure peace.
He made the statement during a joint news conference with his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, in Cairo.
"I unequivocally emphasise that establishing lasting and permanent peace will remain far-fetched so long as the Palestinian cause remains unresolved and so long as the Palestinian people continue to face the consequences of ferocious wars that will deprive the current and future generations of the right to a stable and secure future," he said.
"We also agreed that any calls for forcibly transferring the Palestinians out of their homeland is unacceptable," el-Sisi added.
4:13pm
Palestinian Bedouins say Israeli settlers terrorising them off their land
Israel's bombing of Gaza intensified fears among tradtional Bedouin communities in Palestine.
Since then, their fears have only come true.
Settlers from illegal Israeli settlements had harassed and attacked his village for years. Still, the violence escalated sharply after Israel launched what many describe as a "genocidal" war on Gaza.
The Palestinian village of Zanuta, a traditional herding community in the Jordan Valley, is a perfect example.
An Al Jazeera report says 250 inhabitants gradually left their village due to settler attacks and harassment.
"They beat the old man, his wife and children," Atil, a resident, recounted to Al Jazeera.
"It was the first time we ever saw that level of aggression from settlers."
Even Palestinian Bedouins who are citizens of Israel are being kicked off their land, human rights groups and activists say.
About 120,000 Palestinians live in so-called "unrecognised villages" across the Naqab Desert.
2:15pm
Israel attacks southern Lebanese town of Taybeh
An Israeli drone has struck the Lebanese southern town of Taybeh, Al Jazeera Arabic correspondents have reported, amid a new wave of attacks threatening the ceasefire Israel agreed upon with Hezbollah four months ago.
Lebanon's National News Agency said one person was critically injured when an Israeli drone attack hit a bicycle repair shop in Taybeh.
Palestinian media, meanwhile, said a drone hit a vehicle and posted images showing plumes of smoke rising from the town.
The air raid comes days after Israel's military twice bombed the Lebanese capital, Beirut.
Attacks in southern Lebanon continued even after a ceasefire agreement was signed on 27 November.
2:00pm- Al Jazeera
Gaza death toll from Israeli strikes, shelling rises to 13
The death toll from the Israeli air raids in Gaza since dawn has risen from nine to 13, medical sources told Al Jazeera.
Among those killed in the attacks was journalist Helmi al-Faqawi. He was in a tent sheltering journalists near Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis when the Israeli forces struck.
They have pledged more attacks after Hamas's armed wing Qassam Brigades launched at least 10 rockets into Israel.
1:50pm- Al Jazeera
Israeli settlers begin to take over Masafer Yatta
Israeli settlers have begun erecting temporary homes in the village of Khirbet Umm al-Khair in the Masafer Yatta area, at the southern edge of the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
The houses were being set up near Palestinian houses in the area, the Al-Baidar Organization for the Defense of Bedouin Rights told local media.
Photos posted online by local media outlets showed crane trucks transporting the containers to the area.
Masafer Yatta and the plight of its residents facing Israeli expulsion was the object of the Oscar-winning Palestinian-Israeli documentary No Other Land.
1:45pm - Al Jazeera
Nine Palestinians arrested in Qalqilya, Hebron: Report
Israeli forces have conducted a series of overnight raids and arrests across the occupied West Bank.
They rounded up seven Palestinians, including two brothers, in the city of Qalqilya, as well as two people, including a minor, in Hebron and the nearby town of Beit Ula, according to the Wafa news agency.
1:15pm - Al Jazeera
Israel controls 50 percent of Gaza as Palestinians forced into shrinking areas: Report
In the early days of the war, Israeli troops forced Palestinians from communities near the border and destroyed the land to create a buffer zone more than 1km (0.6 miles) deep, according to the Israeli rights group Breaking the Silence.
Its troops also seized land across Gaza, known as the Netzarim Corridor, that isolated the north, including Gaza City, from the rest of the narrow, coastal Strip, home to more than 2 million people.
When Israel resumed the war last month, it doubled the size of the buffer zone, pushing it as far as 3km (1.8 miles) into Gaza in some places, according to a map Israel issued. The buffer zone and the Netzarim Corridor make up at least 50 percent of the Strip, the AP has reported citing Yaakov Garb, a professor of environmental studies at Ben Gurion University, who has been examining Israeli-Palestinian land use patterns for decades.
Last week, Netanyahu said Israel intends to create another corridor that slices across southern Gaza, cutting off the city of Rafah from the rest of the territory. Israel's control of Gaza is greater, taking into account areas where it recently ordered civilians to evacuate before planned attacks.
12:45pm - Al Jazeera
Netanyahu's plane avoided flying over countries that could enforce ICC warrant: Report
The aircraft carrying the Israeli PM from Hungary to the US flew 400km (248 miles) further than the normal route to avoid the airspace of several countries that could enforce an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court, according to the Haaretz newspaper.
Last November, the ICC had issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu and his former defence minister for alleged war crimes against Palestinians in Gaza. According to the Haaretz report, Israel believed that Ireland, Iceland and the Netherlands could have acted to enforce the warrant.
Netanyahu is in Washington, DC for a meeting with Trump. He flew in from Hungary, where he held talks with Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
Before Netanyahu's Hungary visit, Orban's government had announced that it was pulling out of the Rome Statute, which obliged it to arrest and hand over anyone subject to an ICC warrant. Orban also made clear before Netanyahu's arrival that his government would not respect the ICC arrest warrant, despite its decision to withdraw from the ICC becoming effective only after a year.
12:00pm - Al Jazeera
Three reported killed in Israeli shelling on Gaza's City's Zeitoun district
At least three people have been killed in Israeli shelling that hit Wadi al-Arayes Street in the Zeitoun district of Gaza City, according to our colleagues from Al Jazeera Arabic.
We will bring you more details as soon as we have them.
11:30am - Al Jazeera
Families of Israeli captives protest outside Netanyahu's residence
Families and supporters of Israeli captives held in Gaza have rallied outside Netanyahu's residence in West Jerusalem, demanding a deal to free their loved ones.
The protesters carried photos of the 59 captives who remain in the Strip.
The demonstration comes hours before Netanyahu meets Trump in the White House.
Varda Ben Baruch, whose grandson Edan Alexander is held captive, urged the two leaders to reach a deal.
"You are in the United States and you should sit there with President Trump and finish a deal for everyone to get home. We are expecting this," she said.
Israel believes some 24 of the captives in Gaza are alive.
11:15am - Al Jazeera
Israel's war on Gaza is 'worst ever conflict for reporters'
The Israeli attack that killed two people, including a journalist, in Khan Younis comes days after the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs said Israel's war on Gaza is the deadliest for media workers ever recorded.
The US-based think tank, in a report published on April 1, said Israeli forces have killed 232 journalists since October 7, 2023.
That comes up to an average of 13 per week.
It means that more journalists have been killed in Gaza than in both world wars, the Vietnam War, the wars in Yugoslavia and the US war in Afghanistan combined.
Since the report's publication, at least two more journalists have been killed. They are Helmi al-Faqawi, who was killed today, and Islam Maqdad, who was killed yesterday along with her husband and their child.
10:45am - Al Jazeera
Families in Gaza 'scavenging for basics every single day'
Sam Rose, the acting director of UNRWA in Gaza, says Palestinians in the enclave are facing dire levels of hunger after more than a month of Israel's total blockade.
Rose, who returned to the UK about a week ago after spending 16 months in Gaza, told Al Jazeera that "nobody has enough food" there.
"There are massive increases in malnourishment amongst children. People are scavenging around for the basics every single day and are facing sustained periods without enough food," he said.
"Whether they are in a condition of famine or on the verge of famine, quite frankly, it doesn't matter. They are in absolutely desperate conditions and they can do nothing about it," he said.
Infants are particularly vulnerable, Rose added, noting that they face lifelong consequences if deprived of adequate nutrition in their first two years.
"Their organs will begin to fail, their skin will start to shrivel, and they will die. And this is what we have been seeing in Gaza over the past 16 months," he said.
10:15am - Al Jazeera
At least two journalists in critical condition following Israeli attack
Earlier, we reported that Ahmed Mansour sustained severe injuries and burns from the Israeli attack on the journalists' tent near Nasser Hospital.
The Quds News Network is reporting that the Palestinian, who is also a father, is fighting for his life with "catastrophic burns" and that doctors are "desperately trying to save him".
The outlet reported that another of the journalists who was wounded is also in critical condition.
It said Ihab Al-Bardini was struck in the head by shrapnel, which exited through his eye.
9:45am - Al Jazeera
Israel says it killed 'terrorist' throwing stones in West Bank
We've been covering an Israeli attack that killed a 14-year-old Palestinian-American boy and wounded two others near the town of Turmus Aya in the occupied West Bank.
The Israeli military has confirmed the attack.
It said its forces shot "terrorists" hurling rocks in the area.
"During a counterterrorism activity in the area of Turmus Aya, [Israeli] soldiers identified three terrorists who hurled rocks towards the highway, thus endangering civilians driving," the statement from the military read.
"The soldiers opened fire towards the terrorists who were endangering civilians, eliminating one terrorist and hitting two additional terrorists."
The Palestinian Foreign Ministry also issued a statement on the attack.
It said the "execution" of the child was a "direct result of Israel's continued impunity".
9:30am - Al Jazeera
Death toll from Israeli attack in central Gaza rises
Al Jazeera Arabic is reporting that at least two people have been killed in the Israeli raid near the city of Deir el-Balah.
The attack comes as Israel pounds central and south Gaza, three weeks after it resumed war on the Strip.
Palestinian officials say more than 1,000 people have been killed since March 18. Most of the victims are women and children.
8:45am - Al Jazeera
Palestinian group condemns Israel's 'heinous' crimes against journalists in Gaza
The Palestinian Journalists Forum has condemned Israel for the deadly attack on a tent sheltering journalists near Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis.
As we've been reporting, the attack killed a journalist and another young man.
At least seven other journalists were wounded in the attack.
In a statement, the Palestinian Journalists Forum described the bombing as a "heinous crime and a deliberate targeting of journalists that violated all international laws and conventions".
8:15am - Al Jazeera
Death toll from Israeli attack on Gaza journalists rises
Palestinian media are reporting that one more person has been killed in the Israeli attack on a tent for journalists near the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis.
The Palestinian Information Centre and the Quds News Network identified the victim as Yusuf Al-Khazandar, a young man who was in the area as the strike took place.
As we reported earlier, the attack killed journalist Helmi al-Faqawi.
At least seven other journalists were also wounded in the attack.
They are Ahmad Mansour, Hassan Eslaih, Ahmad Al-Agha, Mohammad Fayek, Abdallah Al-Attar, Ihab Al-Bardini and Mahmoud Awad.
Translation: Journalist Helmi al-Faqawi and young man Yusuf Al-Khazandar were killed as a result of the occupation forces' bombing of a journalists' tent at Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis.
8:00am - Al Jazeera
US continues bombing Yemen as toll rises: Report
The Houthi-affiliated Al Masirah TV is reporting that US forces have bombed northern Yemen hours after carrying out a raid that killed at least four people in the capital, Sanaa.
According to Al Masirah, US forces launched three raids on Al Ammar in the Al Safraa district of the northern Saada province and three more on the Bani Hassan area in the Abs district of the nearby Hajjah province.
The attacks came as the Yemeni Ministry of Health reported that two women were among the four people killed in Sanaa.
It also said the number of people wounded in Sanaa has risen to at least 25, including 11 women and a child.
One killed, several wounded in Israeli strike on central Gaza
Al Jazeera Arabic is reporting that Israeli forces have bombed a residential building, west of the city of Deir el-Balah, killing at least one person and wounding several others.
The attack comes after the Israeli military issued forced evacuation orders for Palestinians living in five neighbourhoods of Deir el-Balah after Hamas launched at least 10 rockets towards Israel.
7:30am - Al Jazeera
Casualties after Israeli forces launch attacks near Gaza's Al-Aqsa Hospital
Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic are reporting that Israel has launched air strikes near Al-Aqsa Hospital in central Gaza, wounding several people.
The Quds News Network is reporting that the Israeli raids hit tents housing displaced people near the hospital.
Translation: Injuries as a result of Israeli aircraft bombing the tents of displaced people in Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza.
7:00am - Al Jazeera
Journalists killed, wounded in Israeli attack near Gaza's Nasser Hospital
We've been covering a deadly Israeli attack on a tent housing journalists near Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis.
Earlier, we reported that one person was killed in the attack.
Our colleagues on the ground say the victim was a journalist.
The Quds News Network has now identified him as Helmi al-Faqawi.
The Palestinian outlet says another journalist, Ahmed Mansour, sustained severe injuries and burns from the attack. It published a picture of Mansour inside a tent on fire.
Al Jazeera photographer Mahmoud Awad was also wounded in the attack.
7:00am - Al Jazeera
'All of those martyred were children': Survivor recounts Israeli attack on Khan Younis
We've been covering an Israeli attack that killed eight people in the city of Khan Younis.
Mohammad Al Naffar, who survived the attack, said it happened without any warning at about 10pm local time on Sunday (22:00 GMT).
"We heard explosions, and rubble was flying all around. So we went down to see what was going on and realised that they [the Israelis] targeted my uncle's house, Abu Mussad Al Naffar," he said from an ambulance.
"We tried to help as best we can – the injured… to see who is still alive. And were shocked to see that all of those martyred were children. Very few survived with injuries. All of those targeted were children. Here is my cousin. May God bless her soul. She is a child. All the ones they're targeting are children. They have nothing to do with the resistance or the fighting. There was no warning."
6:45am - Al Jazeera
One killed in Israeli attack on journalists near Gaza's Nasser Hospital
Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic are reporting that Israeli forces have shelled a tent housing journalists near the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis.
At least one person has been killed and several others wounded.
Those injured include Al Jazeera photojournalist Mahmoud Awad.
We will bring you more details as soon as we have them.
Israeli forces have killed more than 200 Palestinian journalists in Gaza since launching the war on the enclave in October 2023.
Translation: Urgent – Martyrs and wounded as Israeli warplanes target a journalist's tent at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis.
6:30am - Al Jazeera
Israeli forces raid cities, refugee camps in West Bank
Al-Aqsa Today, a Palestinian channel, is reporting that Israel has deployed a "large number" of forces to the city of el-Bireh in the occupied West Bank.
The move comes amid reports of Israeli raids on the nearby refugee camps of Jalazone and al-Amaari, the city of Qalandiya, and the town of Birzeit.
Palestinian sources told Al Jazeera that an Israeli raid on the Balata refugee camp near the city of Nablus has led to clashes, with fighters targeting soldiers with an explosive device.
Israeli forces have been carrying out daily raids across the occupied Palestinian territory since October 7, 2023.
