It has now been 916 days since Israel began its 2023 genocide on the Palestinian people. Below is a roundup of news from Thursday, April 9, 2026.
Compilation of news reports – IAK staff
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.)
Death toll from Wednesday’s Israeli strikes in Lebanon rises to 303: at least 110 of the dead were children.
UNICEF Says Children “Being Pulled From Under Rubble’ in Lebanon After Israeli Bombardment: The United Nations Children’s Fund warned that Israel’s continued assault on Lebanon “poses a grave risk to the ceasefire and the efforts toward a lasting and comprehensive peace.”
Was Lebanon part of the ceasefire agreement? The official announcement of the agreement described “an immediate ceasefire everywhere including Lebanon,” and the U.S. had seen the text before it was publicly released. The words “including Lebanon,” however, lasted no longer than it took for Netanyahu to talk to Trump immediately before the ceasefire announcement. Trump confirmed Thursday that he told Netanyahu to “low-key it,” appearing to give Israel a green light to immediately violate the ceasefire and put it at risk of collapse (excerpted from The Forever Spoiler: Netanyahu Has Been Blowing Up Diplomacy With Iran for Decades).
Who were the bombing victims? The Lebanese Health Ministry said that at least 110 children, women, and elderly people were among the 303 killed on Wednesday. Dr Salah Zeineldine, American University of Beirut (AUB)’s chief medical officer, said, “All the patients we got were civilians,” Dr Zeineldine said, adding that the attack was “very random”, not targeting any specific place or group of people. Israel had claimed the attacks targeted the Iranian-backed Hezbollah, but the victims, according to Dr Zeineldine, included “lots of children, women, men, elderly people, all kinds of people in the civilian strata”.
DEATH TOLL – WAR ON LEBANON (tentative):
- In Lebanon, at least 1,888 people have been killed (240 children).
ISRAEL-US WAR/CEASEFIRE 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.”
Iran Tells Mediators Islamabad Ceasefire Negotiation Meeting Is Conditional on Ceasefire in Lebanon: Iranian mediators have also warned they would continue to carry out attacks on regional countries, including Israel, if attacks on Lebanon and Iran by Israel continue, they said.
The US Knew Iran Ceasefire Deal Included Lebanon
Analysis – How Not to End a War, According to Trump and Netanyahu: The Israel-U.S. cease-fire with Iran has all the hallmarks of bad diplomacy. It is ambiguous, partial, conditional and temporary – with no shared final-status aim.
IDF tells Knesset panel new Iranian regime even more extreme
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; another count shows 20 Israeli civilian deaths)
- Arab states (including Palestine, excluding Lebanon), at least 144
This is quite a well put together summary from @megynkelly but what’s interesting about it is that if you take each piece on its own, not a single piece of it is even remotely controversial. Yet adds up to such a damning portrait of this moment. pic.twitter.com/oF6j4GCjUR
— Ryan Grim (@ryangrim) April 10, 2026
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.
Army Kills Schoolgirl in Tent Classroom in Northern Gaza: The Palestinian Ministry of Education in Gaza reported that Israeli forces killed a third-grade student, Ritaj Abdul‑Rauf Reehan, 9, on Thursday while she was attending class inside a makeshift tent school in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza.
The ministry described the killing as a “gruesome and shocking crime,” carried out in full view of her classmates. Teachers and students were left in a state of severe psychological trauma as the tent-based learning space turned into a scene of panic and fear.
Two men were also killed by Israeli fire on Thursday.
Israel bombed Gaza on 36 of the past 40 days while the war raged in Iran: Since the declaration of a “ceasefire” in the Gaza Strip six months ago, Israel has violated the agreement thousands of times, with attacks on a nearly daily basis. In addition, It has also closed the Rafah crossing and withheld life‑saving food and medical supplies.
During that time, Israel killed at least 107; evacuated only 8% of the medical cases it had agreed to and permitted only 20% of the food and medical supplies it had committed to in the ceasefire agreement.
DEATH TOLL – GAZA GENOCIDE (tentative):
- At least 738 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
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.)
A total of 448 Israeli occupiers* stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem on Thursday, the first day of its reopening after being closed since Feb. 28. Eyewitnesses said the occupiers entered under heavy escort by Israeli police, adding that the incursions were accompanied by violations, including loud singing, dancing, and performing prayers.
*NOTE: Anyone can visit the Al Aqsa Mosque grounds, but only Muslims are allowed to pray there, according to an understanding known as the ‘status quo agreement,’ under which, since 1967, Israel has formally pledged to allow Muslims to pray at the site, while Jews pray at the Western Wall below.
In practice, however, restrictions have steadily eroded, particularly since 2023 (after extremist Itamar Ben Gvir became Minister of National Security). Many Palestinians fear this erosion will lead to open conflict.
Child in Critical Condition as Israeli Forces Invade Multiple Areas: In Al‑Jalazone refugee camp, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, a child was shot in the head and remains in extremely critical condition.
Israeli Colonizers Invade, Attack and Seize Land Across West Bank
Palestinian Forced To Demolish His Home In Silwan
Invasions And Abduction Across West Bank, Thursday
Army Abducts Four Palestinians In Beit Fajjar
DEATH TOLL – WEST BANK/EAST JERUSALEM (tentative):
This video of Israel soldiers casually throwing what appears to be a Palestinian youth off from the roof of a building has shocked the world.
Look how comfortable they walk away after throwing the youth to his death.
As if they have done it 100s of times before. pic.twitter.com/tnzQyPqj9p
— Trita Parsi (@tparsi) April 10, 2026
The above video is from September 19, 2024
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.
Shin Bet Chief Does Not View Jewish Attacks on Palestinians as Terror: According to security officials, David Zini has deprioritized the Shin Bet division responsible for tackling right-wing extremism – and even refers to such as incidents as ‘cases of friction’ between Israeli settlers and Palestinians.
Handala Hack Team, aligned with Iran, said it obtained at least 19,000 sensitive files after targeting the personal phone of former Israeli army Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi. In a statement posted on its website on Thursday, the said it carried out a years-long operation against Halevi, gaining access to what it described as “more than 19,000 confidential images and videos from the most secret meetings.”
Israeli Missile Interceptors Have Dwindled to “Double Digits”: Trump Administration Official: The decreasing supply of interceptors has left Israel increasingly dependent on the missile defense capabilities of the U.S. Navy.
Netanyahu corruption trial to resume as Israel lifts war emergency
MORE NEWS & HEADLINES:
DNC Shoots Down Resolutions Calling Out AIPAC and Limiting Arms to Israel: The party just kicked the can down the road again on Israel, deepening the divide between party members and their leaders.
Draft Registration Becomes ‘Automatic’ in December
ICYMI, A SELECTION OF YESTERDAY’S HEADLINES:
Lebanon declares Thursday day of mourning after Israeli air strikes
‘The Nakba Is Being Recreated’: The Israeli Obsession With Lebanon’s Litani River
Al Jazeera journalist Mohammed Wishah was killed Wednesday
Israeli forces shot and killed Alaa Khaled Sbeih Wednesday night
Israeli cabinet ‘secretly approves record number’ of new West Bank settlements
Military aid to Israel emerges as the latest political litmus test for Democrats
(Read yesterday’s daily update here.)
STATISTICS OCTOBER 7, 2023 – APRIL 9, 2026*:
- At least 73,455 Palestinians killed, 183,858 injured – including:
- Gaza: at least 72,317 killed (~22,000 children, 33,000 women and girls), 172,158 injured
- West Bank/East Jerusalem: at least 1,148 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 9, 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)
- Amnesty: Urgent – Protect Lebanese civilians from brutal escalation in Israeli attacks
- Is The War Against Iran Over?
- Inside the Israeli army’s propaganda wing
- Hundreds of Gaza Amputees Stranded in Legal Limbo
- The gallows law: Israel moves toward executing Palestinian children
- Tucker Carlson: The Path to Peace requires ending ‘special alliance’ with Israel
- Gazans face a triple crisis: severe shortages of water and bread, healthcare in tatters
- NY Times reports how Netanyahu took the US into Iran War
- 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
