It has now been 914 days since Israel began its 2023 genocide on the Palestinian people. Below is a roundup of news from Tuesday, April 7, 2026.
Compilation of news reports – IAK staff
ISRAEL-US WAR ON IRAN – NEWS & HEADLINES:
It can not be overemphasized that Israel has been the impetus behind US policies and actions vis-a-vis Iran for years. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has been pushing the US to attack Iran for decades, using lies and deception. Under President Trump, he got his wish.
The American people have made clear that they do not want to go to war with Iran, but Israel partisans and the Israel lobby use their massive political clout to bring about whatever is beneficial to Israel – including putting the US military in harm’s way. For more background on Israel’s role in American wars, watch IAK’s short film, “The Israeli Hit List.”
Trump announces 2-week ceasefire with Iran: ‘I agree to suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two weeks. This will be a double sided ceasefire!’ said the US president. The ceasefire is contingent on Iran reopening the Strait of Hormuz “completely, immediately, and safely.”
Iran says US accepts 10-point plan as a starting point for negotiations for ending war: Iran said early Wednesday that the United States has “in principle” accepted a 10-point proposal aimed at ending the war, according to reports by the state-run Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) network. The proposal would serve as the framework for negotiations aimed at finalizing a broader agreement. The first round of negotiations between the US and Iran on an agreement to end the war is planned to take place in Islamabad on Friday.
Full text of Iran’s National Security Council statement on ceasefire (in the war the US is fighting for Israel)
Iran says Hormuz passage to resume under army supervision
Trump says US could charge for Strait of Hormuz passage amid Iran war: US president says Washington, as the ‘winner’ of the war, has a ‘concept’ for charging a toll in strategic waterway.
BEFORE CEASEFIRE US, Israel attack Iran’s largest aluminum producer, petrochemical facility, airports, railway lines, bridges
Iran claims it ‘trapped’ US forces during attempt to infiltrate key nuclear site in Isfahan: The Iranian Foreign Ministry said this week that the alleged US rescue mission in Iran could have been an attempt to steal enriched uranium.
373 US service members have been wounded in the Iran operation as of Monday, according to CBS News; 330 of those have returned to duty, and five are currently considered seriously wounded.
Anger and surprise in Israel after US-Iran ceasefire: Politicians, commentators and analysts slam agreement as “complete failure.” “Israel was not even at the table when decisions were made concerning the core of our national security.”
Congress Can End Trump’s Unconstitutional War in Iran
US lawmakers call for 25th Amendment to remove Trump for Iran threats
World turns to Russia for energy supplies as war on Iran war sparks global crisis: Kremlin
DEATH TOLL – WAR ON IRAN (tentative):
- United States: 13 (this number is believed by some to be an undercount)
- Iran: at least 3,636 (1,701 civilian, 1,221 military, 714 unclassified; at least 254 children)
- Israel: 30 (including 11 Israeli soldiers, and 1 friendly fire – including both Iran and Lebanon-related deaths)
- Arab states (including Palestine, excluding Lebanon), at least 144
ISRAEL’S WAR ON LEBANON – NEWS & HEADLINES:
Although Israel signed a ceasefire agreement with Lebanon in November 2024, Israel has attacked Lebanon almost every day since, committing over 10,000 air and ground violations – the most violated ceasefire deal in recorded history – and killing at least 397. Additionally, Israel continues to occupy five Lebanese hilltops seized during the latest war, and other Lebanese areas it has held for decades. (Read about UNIFIL, the UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon, here.)
WEDNESDAY MORNING UPDATE: Hours after Iran ceasefire is announced, Israel hits Lebanon with 100 strikes in 10 minutes with hundreds killed, injured, in the largest wave of attacks since the start of the operation in Lebanon.
Netanyahu says Lebanon excluded from ceasefire: This comes despite Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announcing that the ceasefire would be applied “everywhere including Lebanon”.
Israel sends more troops to southern Lebanon to expand ground offensive
Israel’s war on Lebanon: What exactly is the ‘Dahieh Doctrine’? The military strategy, named after a suburban area south of Beirut, has been condemned for targeting civilians and infrastructure in Gaza.
Israeli tank fire killed UN peacekeeper in Lebanon, UNIFIL* investigation finds: A projectile that killed a UN peacekeeper in Lebanon last month was fired by an Israeli military tank, the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said Tuesday, concluding its investigation into the deadly incident. UNIFIL noted that it had provided the Israeli military with the coordinates of all its positions and facilities.
*NOTE: Read about UNIFIL, the UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon, here.
DEATH TOLL – WAR ON LEBANON (tentative):
- In Lebanon, at least 1,497 people have been killed (130 children and 101 women, 57 healthcare workers).
NEWS & HEADLINES FROM GAZA:
For some basic info on the Palestine-Israel conflict, go here. For more critical context, skim this, this, and this. To read about a remarkable but underreported, 20-month-long peaceful protest in Gaza against Israel, go here.
Hospitals in the Gaza Strip received 10 Palestinians killed and 44 injured in the past 24 hours, as Israeli attacks continue despite the “ceasefire” announced on October 11, 2025.
‘Dying of thirst’: Inside Gaza’s al-Mawasi water crisis: As a result of Israel’s war on Gaza, per capita water availability has dropped by 97 percent; displaced residents fear that the water crisis will worsen further, especially with the arrival of summer and rising temperatures.
With aid falling short, Gaza families are left struggling each day to put bread on the table: With roughly 95% of Gaza’s families dependent on humanitarian aid, the strip’s most basic food has become its most visible crisis. The queues outside bakeries form before dawn. By the time most residents arrive, the bread is often already gone. What remains is a choice between paying black market prices or going without, a choice that repeats itself every day, with no resolution in sight.
Gaza’s Health System on the Brink: New figures show 94% of medical facilities have sustained destruction or severe impairment, leaving all 36 hospitals operating far below capacity. Primary healthcare has nearly vanished. Just 1.5% of clinics can operate at full capacity. Doctors report having to ration the last doses of antibiotics and painkillers, while thousands of patients with chronic illnesses go untreated.
DEATH TOLL – GAZA GENOCIDE (tentative):
- At least 733 since ceasefire began Oct. 11, 2025
- At least 72,291 killed (~22,000 children, 33,000 women and girls) since Oct. 7, 2023
- More statistics below
Closing the crossings is not a temporary measure… and preventing many humanitarian supplies and essential materials from entering Gaza is a suffocation of an entire way of life.
Today, Gaza is still besieged in every sense of the word: patients without treatment, families… pic.twitter.com/M9TrjKjeN5— PRCS (@PalestineRCS) April 7, 2026
NEWS & HEADLINES FROM THE OCCUPIED WEST BANK/EAST JERUSALEM:
Every day, Palestinians in the West Bank and East Jerusalem endure dozens of incidents like the ones below, at the hands of Israeli soldiers and/or settlers. For background on the West Bank, read this and this. For information on the significance of Israeli settlers in the West Bank, read this and this.)
ISRAELI MEDIA: Far Right Jewish West Bank activists [i.e. illegal settlers*] publish document summarizing attacks on Arab population: The document, which lists the terror attacks committed by far Right Jewish activists in West Bank villages, was sent to security officials.
*NOTE: More than 700,000 settlers live illegally on Palestinian land in over 500 settlements and settlement outposts in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. Some settler groups have a history of violence against Palestinians, often with the assistance of Israeli military forces. Learn more about Israeli settler violence here and here.
In a landmark advisory opinion on July 19, 2024, the International Court of Justice declared Israel’s decades-long occupation of Palestinian land “illegal” and demanded the evacuation of all settlements.
A Palestinian woman, Sabriya Amin Shamashna, 68, died early Tuesday, after Israeli forces entered her home in the town of Jiyus in the occupied West Bank, causing her to suffer a heart attack.
Israel forces Jerusalem brothers to demolish their homes in Silwan
West Bank: Invasions, Violations, and Abductions on Tuesday
Wave of Colonizer Attacks Across the West Bank
DEATH TOLL – WEST BANK/EAST JERUSALEM (tentative):
NEWS & HEADLINES FROM ISRAEL:
Israel is a tiny country, about the size of New Jersey, with a population smaller than the US state of Georgia – about 10 million (of which about 20 percent are Palestinians), yet it is in the news constantly. As has been demonstrated again and again, however, mainstream media rarely covers Israel news accurately. IAK gets the facts – sometimes from Israeli media sites, where we can get a glimpse inside this country that is rife with turmoil and contradictions, and that receives $63 million a day from America.
MORE NEWS & HEADLINES:
Supporters say Wisconsin mosque president was detained over Israel criticism: Wisconsin resident Salah Sarsour was detained by ICE on March 30. The Trump administration is accusing him of lying on his Green Card application. But those close to him say he’s a ‘political prisoner’ being targeted for his criticism of Israel.
ICYMI, A SELECTION OF YESTERDAY’S HEADLINES:
Netanyahu urges Trump against Iran ceasefire
Israel’s attacks devastate over a fifth of Lebanon farmland, minister says
At least 12 Palestinians killed in Gaza
Ben Gvir raids Al-Aqsa as Israel plans to reopen mosque to settler incursions
Greenpeace ship to join upcoming Global Sumud humanitarian aid flotilla to Gaza
(Read yesterday’s daily update here.)
STATISTICS OCTOBER 7, 2023 – APRIL 7, 2026*:
- At least 73,434 Palestinians killed, 183,768 injured – including:
- Gaza: at least 72,291 killed (~22,000 children, 33,000 women and girls), 172,068 injured
- West Bank/East Jerusalem: at least 1,143 killed (~232 children), 11,700 injured
*NOTE: Thousands of those killed in Gaza have yet to be identified, and an estimated 8,000 more are still buried under rubble (some sources put the number of missing as high as 14,000); 3,000 more are reportedly missing. Only the dead who are brought to hospitals are included in the official fatality count. Additionally, the numbers of injured are very conservative estimates.
Reported Israeli death toll from October 7, 2023 – April 7, 2026: ~1,661 – including ~1,139** on October 7, 2023 (~36 children), 472 military forces since the ground invasion began in Gaza, about 52 military and civilians (by one count, there have been 59 victims) in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Israel (these numbers do not include deaths from the conflicts with Lebanon or Iran).
By one count, Israeli attacks have killed approximately 282 Palestinian journalists and media workers (most recent March 9, 2026; other groups have tallied between 215 and 356 Palestinian journalists killed – depending on the criteria used). Palestinians have killed 4 Israeli journalists (all on October 7, 2023).
**NOTE: It is unknown at this time how many of the deaths and injuries of Israelis on October 7 were caused by Israeli soldiers.
- Human rights reports on Israel-Palestine (regularly updated)
- Thousands dead and neighborhoods razed to the ground: Aid agencies fear southern Lebanon is becoming the new Gaza
- The war the US is fighting for Israel could cost trillions
- ‘Cigarette Burns, Nail Wounds’: Toddler Tortured in Gaza to Coerce Father
- Trump Says US Sent ‘a Lot of Guns’ to Protesters in Iran
- Israeli forces destroy 17 UN peacekeeper cameras in south Lebanon
- US-Israeli strikes ‘completely destroy’ synagogue in Tehran
- Archbishop for US Military Says Iran War Is Unjust Under Catholic Teaching
- Iranian leaders’ Open Letters to the American People
- U.N. experts demand Israel release prominent Gaza doctor after reports of ‘severe torture’
- Israel’s Latest Genocide Is Against the Shias of Lebanon. Why Is the World Silent?
- How Eliot Cohen’s influence over U.S. war-making paved the way for Trump’s war crimes in Iran
- Israelis don’t pay for the weapons we ‘sell’ to them — US taxpayers do
- While Distancing from AIPAC, Most 2028 Democratic Hopefuls Are Still Embracing Israel
- A brief history of the Israeli nuclear program, the open secret at the heart of the Iran war
