At least 58 killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza in 24 hours
Gaza's Health Ministry says over 50,800 Palestinians are confirmed dead and more than 115,600 wounded in Israel's war on Gaza
Summary:
- Israeli forces continue bombarding Gaza, killing at least 58 people in the past 24 hours and displacing more than 400,000 others since ending the ceasefire on 18 March
- US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have met at the White House and discussed countries that would be "amenable" to taking Palestinians forcibly displaced from Gaza
- The heads of six United Nations agencies have called for an urgent renewal of the ceasefire in Gaza, noting that Israel has killed and wounded more than 1,000 children just in the first week since breaking the truce
- Gaza's Health Ministry says at least 50,810 Palestinians are confirmed dead and 115,688 wounded in Israel's war on Gaza
- At least 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the Hamas-led October 7, 2023 attacks and more than 200 were taken captive
10:15pm
Dutch foreign minister summons Israeli ambassador
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Caspar Veldkamp has summoned the Israeli ambassador in the Netherlands over the situation in Gaza, the Dutch government said.
In a statement, the government said the meeting will be held on Wednesday, reports Al Jazeera.
9:10pm
Intensified Israeli attacks on Gaza 'brutal revenge against innocent civilians': Hamas
The Palestinian group says the increasing intensity of Israeli attacks on the enclave "is not just military pressure, but rather brutal revenge against innocent civilians".
It called on the international community to do its part to stop the Israeli violence, reports Al Jazeera.
8:20pm
Israel raids UNRWA-affiliated schools in occupied East Jerusalem
Israeli Ministry of Education employees accompanied by police officers forcibly entered six schools affiliated with UNRWA, the UN aid agency for Palestinians, and announced plans to close the facilities, reports Al Jazeera.
Abir Ismail, director of UNRWA's information office, denounced the raids in the occupied East Jerusalem neighbourhoods of Shuafat, Silwan, Sur Baher and Wadi al-Joz as a violation of international law.
7:30pm
Trump administration no different than its predecessor: PIJ says after Netanyahu's visit
The Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) group has released a statement responding to remarks by US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who met in the White House yesterday and reiterated their plan to force Palestinians out of Gaza.
"Their remarks are aggressive and strip the Palestinian people of their rights," said PIJ in a statement, as quoted by Al Jazeera.
"Justifying the killing of innocent people with continued US support for the occupation proves that the Trump administration is no different from those before it," the group added.
6:40pm
Erdogan slams Israel for 'execution of healthcare workers' in Gaza
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has made remarks on Gaza at a political party gathering, reports Al Jazeera.
He referenced reports that Israeli forces killed 15 first-responders in an attack last month, calling their "execution" a "war crime".
6:00pm - AFP
Macron tours Egypt aid outpost for Gaza
French President Emmanuel Macron visited Egypt's port city of El-Arish on Tuesday, a key transit point for Gaza-bound aid, to call on Israel to lift restrictions on humanitarian access to the war-battered Palestinian territory.
An AFP journalist said Macron was in El-Arish, 50 kilometres (30 miles) west of the Gaza Strip, along with his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.
Macron, who arrived in Cairo on Sunday, has said he would meet with sick Palestinians and medical professionals in El-Arish, an "outpost of humanitarian support for the civilian population of Gaza".
The French leader is also expected to tour Red Crescent warehouses and meet with UN and aid representatives.
In a symbolic stop on his Egypt tour, Macron will call for "the reopening of crossing points for the delivery of humanitarian goods into Gaza", a presidency statement said.
5:15pm - Al Jazeera
Gaza death toll rises
At least 58 Palestinians have been killed and 213 injured in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours.
A number of victims are still under the rubble and on the roads, unable to be reached by ambulances and Civil Defence crews, the ministry statement said.
Israel killed 1,449 people and injured 3,647 others since breaking the ceasefire on March 18, the announcement added.
The latest figures raised the total number of Palestinians killed in Israel's war on Gaza to 50,810, the ministry said. At least 115,688 people have also been injured since October 7, 2023, it added.
4:35pm - Al Jazeera
At least one person killed in Israeli air attack near Gaza City
An Israeli aerial attack has killed at least one person and injured others near a university south of Gaza City, according to our colleagues on the ground and the Wafa news agency.
The bombardment targeted several homes, according to Wafa.
The casualties add to at least 19 people killed in Gaza today.
3:45pm - Al Jazeera
Emergency workers trying to evacuate wounded people after explosions in Rafah
Massive explosions have taken place in Gaza's southern city of Rafah. We could hear these explosions from where we are in Deir el-Balah.
Witnesses have confirmed that the eastern parts of Rafah have been totally covered in smoke and dust from destroyed buildings.
2:30pm - Al Jazeera
Israel's war on Gaza killed 211 journalists: Media Office
Gaza's Government Media Office has issued a statement urging global support for Palestinian journalists following Israel's deadly raid on a media tent early yesterday morning.
Ahmed Mansour, who died from severe burns sustained in the attack, is the 211th media worker killed during Israel's war on Gaza, according to the office.
"We call on the International Federation of Journalists, the Federation of Arab Journalists, and all journalistic bodies in all countries of the world to condemn these systematic crimes against Palestinian journalists and media professionals in the Gaza Strip," the office said.
2:15pm - Al Jazeera
At least 11 members of same family confirmed killed in Gaza's Deir el-Balah
Al Jazeera confirmed through Gaza's Health Ministry that a house was hit in the western part of Deir el-Balah city. The initial death toll we have received is 11. All of the victims are from the same family. Their house was attacked with no warning.
1:30pm - Al Jazeera
At least 38 Palestinians arrested across occupied West Bank: Media Office
The Palestinian Prisoners' Media Office (ASRA) says at least 38 people have been arrested in various areas in the occupied West Bank as Israeli forces continue their widespread military operation.
At least 18 Palestinians were arrested in the area of Tubas, nine in Bethlehem, six in Nablus, three in Ramallah, and two people in Hebron, the office said in a statement naming each of those arrested.
1:00pm - Al Jazeera
Fate of Gaza may determine outcome of Australian election next month
Israel's war on Gaza and the Australian government's response to the situation could determine the outcome of next month's federal election as the governing Labor Party seeks to hold on to its one-seat majority in parliament.
The government has tried to thread the needle on Gaza, calling for a ceasefire while supporting Israel.
It faces challenges from independent candidates angry over the government's lack of response on Gaza, particularly in three multicultural, working-class seats in western Sydney considered strongholds for the government and where one-third of residents are Muslim.
Similarly, the conservative Liberal-National Coalition opposition has courted the Jewish community in wealthy inner-city seats in Sydney and Melbourne, where they make up one-sixth of residents, by criticising the Labor government's lack of support for Israel.
Ziad Basyouny, a doctor running as an independent against Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke in western Sydney, told Reuters, "Gaza was the straw that broke the camel's back."
Australians go to the polls on May 3.
12:45pm - Al Jazeera
Israeli forces arrest 7 Palestinians in West Bank's Tubas, Nablus: Report
At least seven Palestinians, including three brothers, have been arrested after Israeli forces raided the towns of Tubas and Nablus in the occupied West Bank, according to the Wafa news agency.
During the raid on Tubas, Israeli forces set up military patrols and rolled bulldozers down the streets, the report said. They also entered and ransacked several homes, while arresting four people, according to a local official quoted by Wafa.
In Nablus, Israeli forces surrounded a house near the Evangelical Hospital and apprehended three brothers, according to Wafa.
12:30pm - Al Jazeera
US border authorities briefly detain lawyer of pro-Palestinian protester
A lawyer representing a pro-Palestinian protester has been detained by federal agents when he attempted to re-enter the United States after visiting the Dominican Republic with his wife and two daughters.
The Detroit Free Press reports that Amir Makled, a US citizen, was stopped by authorities at Detroit Metro Airport, detained, asked about his clients and asked to hand over his phone that contained privileged information.
Makled, who represents a demonstrator arrested at the University of Michigan last year during a wave of pro-Palestinian student protests, said he was asked for a list of thousands of texts. When he refused, a 90-minute standoff began that ended after he allowed the agents to review his contacts.
"This current administration is doing something that no administration has done – they are attacking attorneys," Makled said.
"This is a different type of threat to the rule of law that I see. They are now challenging the judiciary, or lawyers, they're putting pressure [on them] to dissuade attorneys from taking on issues that are against the government's issues.
"We have an obligation as lawyers to stand up to this stuff," Makled added.
12:15pm - Al Jazeera
At least 19 Palestinians killed in Gaza since dawn: Civil Defence
Mahmoud Basal, spokesman of Gaza's Civil Defence, has told the AFP news agency that Israeli raids overnight killed at least 19 people and wounded dozens across the enclave.
He said several children were among the dead.
We have reported earlier that at least six people were killed in the northern city of Beit Lahiya and five in Gaza City.
12:00pm - Al Jazeera
'Throwing a stone is not terrorism'
The Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor has condemned Israel's killing of a 14-year-old Palestinian American boy in the occupied West Bank.
The Geneva-based group rejected Israel's claim that the boy, identified as Omar Mohammad Rabea, was a "terrorist" who hurled stones. Two other children were wounded in the attack.
"They were unarmed children. This wasn't self-defense. It was the deliberate execution of a child on occupied Palestinian land," Euro-Med said in a post on X.
"By calling stone-throwing children 'terrorists', Israel manufactures fake justifications for murder – and places itself above international law. This is part of a system of state violence and persecution designed to criminalize every Palestinian act of resistance – even from a child," it said. "Executing children is not self-defense. Throwing a stone is not terrorism. This is apartheid backed by bullets – colonial violence unleashed with total impunity."
11:30am - Al Jazeera
'Drowning in grief': Australian doctor pays tribute to killed Palestinian medics
Amy Neilson, who worked with some of the slain PRCS staff, has described the Palestinian paramedics as kind, gentle and dedicated to their work despite "far greater risks than any I have faced in a decade of work in conflict".
"I watched the men of the PRCS work hard and effectively. I sat with them between patients, listening to lyrical conversation and wondering at their upbeat spirits," she said in an op-ed in The Guardian newspaper. "In more private candid moments they would explain, what choice did they have? They needed to stay positive enough to be upright each day, to continue the work. They were tired, they were scared, but they continued."
Neilson said humanitarian workers around the world are "drowning in grief" at the killings.
She also called on governments to "acknowledge the violations of the laws of war that Israel continues to perpetrate" rather than wait for the International Criminal Court and International Court of Justice to rule on "what we see with our own eyes".
11:15am - Al Jazeera
Trump-Netanyahu meeting gives little hope of peaceful end to war
Matthew Duss, the executive vice president of the Center for International Policy, says it looks unlikely that there will be a peaceful resolution to Israel's war on Gaza.
"While Trump did clearly impose some pressure on Netanyahu, via his representative Steve Witkoff, to get the ceasefire in January, right ahead of his inauguration, the way he was talking today reflected what he has said previously about the plan for Gaza – which involves encouraging, if not outright expelling, Palestinians from Gaza and allowing Israel to take it over and develop it," he told Al Jazeera.
"So I think certainly Palestinians, or anyone who wants the Gaza conflict, or indeed the entire Israeli-Palestinian conflict, to be resolved peacefully, had to be very disappointed about what they heard from Trump."
10:45am - Al Jazeera
More groups join call for probe into Israel's killing of Gaza medics
We have more reaction to Israeli forces killing 15 humanitarian workers and burying them in a mass grave in southern Gaza.
Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) is calling for urgent, credible, independent and international investigations into the attack.
"These killings and the apparent efforts to hide the bodies are a horrific development in a conflict that has already been characterized by egregious breaches of the laws of war and human rights, including widespread attacks on healthcare," said Sam Zarifi, the executive director at PHR.
Bond, a network of British NGOs, also condemned the attack.
"Considering previous calls for investigations into the reporting of abuses have yet to deliver accountability, we urgently call on the UK government to utilise all of its diplomatic tools, including sanctions against those responsible and the suspension of weapon sales," said Romilly Greenhill, CEO of Bond.
10:30am - Al Jazeera
Six killed in Israeli attack on north Gaza
Israeli forces have bombed a house in Beit Lahiya, killing at least six people and wounding several others, according to Palestinian media.
The attack in the early hours of the morning targeted the home of the Ayesh family, according to the Quds News Network.
Search and rescue efforts are underway in the area.
10:15am - Al Jazeera
PRCS calls for 'independent' probe into killings of Gaza medics
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society has demanded an independent investigation into Israel's killing of 15 medical workers in Rafah, accusing it of 'deliberately targeting' them and 'committing a war crime' that must be prosecuted under international law.
10:00am - Al Jazeera
More US raids reported in Yemen
The Houthi-affiliated Al Masirah TV says US forces have carried out more attacks on the province of Sanaa and Marib.
In the Sanaa governorate, US forces launched fresh raids on Al Jumaimah area in Bani Hashish district as well as Jarban area in Sanhan district.
In the Marib governorate, US forces carried out five raids on the Majzar district, two on the Kofal area in Sirwah district and two more on Al Jawba area.
There were no immediate report of casualties.
9:30am - Al Jazeera
US legislator slams Trump-Netanyahu talks on displacing Palestinians
Senator Chris Van Hollen has responded to reports that Trump and Netanyahu spoke about their "plan to have Palestinians 'voluntarily' leave" Gaza during their meeting at the White House.
"Let's be clear: nothing about this is voluntary — it would mean the coerced deportation of 2 million people from Gaza and US taxpayers should have NOTHING to do with it," he wrote on X.
9:15am - Al Jazeera
France, Egypt, Jordan say PA must head post-war Gaza
As we've been reporting, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi hosted his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, and Jordan's King Abdulla in Cairo for talks on the "grave situation in Gaza".
The three leaders issued a joint statement following their meeting.
Here's what it said:
- The leaders called for an immediate return to the ceasefire, for the sake of the Palestinians to be protected and receive immediate and full humanitarian aid.
- They expressed alarm at the increasingly deteriorating situation in the West Bank and East Jerusalem and urged to stop all unilateral measures that undermine the viability of the two State solution.
- They rejected any displacement of Palestinians from their land or any annexation of any Palestinian territory.
- They underlined that governance as well as maintaining order and security in Gaza, as well as in all Palestinian territories, shall come solely under the authority of an empowered Palestinian Authority (PA), with strong regional and international support.
9:00am - Al Jazeera
Israel evicts Palestinian family in occupied West Bank raid
Israeli forces are continuing their raids across the occupied West Bank, arresting and expelling Palestinians from their homes, according to local media.
Soldiers surrounded a building in the village of Rujeib, east of Nablus, and forced its residents to leave their home, the Palestinian Media Centre reported. And in the town of Ni'lin, near the city of Ramallah, they fired live bullets and tear gas, and arrested two brothers, aged 18 and 14 years, according to Wafa.
The soldiers also fired tear gas during a raid on the city of Ad-Dhahiriya, south of Hebron.
8:45am - Al Jazeera
Palestinians strike across West Bank and East Jerusalem to protest Israel's war on Gaza
As we'e been reporting, Palestinians across occupied East Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank have held a general strike in solidarity with Gaza.
They've closed shops, businesses and government institutions in protest against Israel's devastating attacks that have killed more than 50,000 Palestinians since October 2023.
"Today in Hebron is a general strike by all the Arab people in solidarity with Gaza," said Midhat abu Rmeileh, a resident of the occupied West Bank city.
"Honestly, all the Arab people and the world should stand together as one. We see sights of children that are unspeakable."
8:30am - Al Jazeera
Israelis protest in front Netanyahu's party headquarters
Israeli activists have marched to the Likud Party's headquarters in Tel Aviv, demanding an agreement that would secure the release of all captives remaining in Gaza.
Videos posted online, verified by Al Jazeera's Sanad agency, showed protesters gathering at Habima Square before moving to the governing party's headquarters. The protesters described the office as "Qatari embassy headquarters" in reference to an unfolding corruption scandal referred to as "Qatargate".
The cases allegations by the internal security agency that two senior advisers close to Netanyahu were paid by Qatar to promote its interests in the Israeli media.
Qatar has denied the allegations as baseless, saying the claims "serve only the agendas of those who seek to sabotage the mediation efforts" between Israel and Hamas.
8:00am - Al Jazeera
Israel bans Palestinian official from entering Ibrahimi Mosque
The Israeli military has banned the director of the Ibrahimi Mosque in the city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank from entering the building for 15 days after briefly detaining him.
The order against Sheikh Moataz Abu Sneineh and another staff member came after Israeli soldiers stormed the mosque on Monday and sealed off parts of the building by placing locks and chains on the waqf office and the room where the call to prayer is announced.
The Palestinian Ministry of Awqaf and Religious Affairs said in a statement that the locking of the rooms set "a dangerous precedent" aimed at undermining its sovereignty over the building.
The Ibrahimi Mosque is revered by both Jews and Muslims. The Jews call it the Tomb of the Patriarchs, and believe the site is where Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and their wives are buried.
Muslims – who, like Christians, also revere Abraham – built the Ibrahimi Mosque, also known as the Sanctuary of Abraham, in the 14th century.
7:45am - Al Jazeera
Microsoft fires two employees who protested company's ties with Israel
The Associated Press news agency is reporting that Microsoft sacked Ibtihal Aboussad and Vaniya Agrawal after they disrupted the company's 50th-anniversary event in protest against its ties with the Israeli military.
In a letter to Aboussad, the company accused her of misconduct "designed to gain notoriety and cause maximum disruption to this highly anticipated event".
It also told Agrawal, who had already given two weeks' notice to leave the company, to make her resignation effective immediately.
Videos from the event on Friday showed Aboussad interrupting a speech by Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman as he announced new product features.
"You claim that you care about using AI for good, but Microsoft sells AI weapons to the Israeli military," Aboussad shouts. "Fifty-thousand people have died and Microsoft powers this genocide in our region."
