Compilation of news reports – IAK staff
At least 71 Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza in the last 24 hours, the Health Ministry said on Monday.
Among the dead were at least nine Palestinians – four of whom were children – killed in an Israeli drone attack at the al-Ghafari Junction in central Gaza City.
NOTE: The Gaza Health Ministry’s daily casualty figures are based on the number of dead and wounded Palestinians brought to hospitals, and does not include victims that are under the rubble or elsewhere, where ambulance and civil defense crews can not reach them.
In Yemen, a US attack on 27 struck a detention center housing undocumented migrants, killing at least 68 (more below).
Public hearings on Israel’s obligations in occupied Palestinian territory begin at ICJ
Public hearings started on Monday at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague to examine Israel’s obligations in connection with its activities in the occupied Palestinian territory.
The hearings will address a request for an advisory opinion on “the obligations of Israel in relation to the presence and activities of the United Nations, other international organizations, and third states in and in relation to the Occupied Palestinian Territory,” the court said earlier.
Representatives from 40 countries and four international organizations are expected to present oral submissions during the proceedings. Among the participating countries are Türkiye, Malaysia, South Africa, China, Russia, Spain, Ireland, Brazil, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt.
Key organizations, including the UN, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, and the Arab League, will also contribute.
Following are some highlights from Monday’s proceedings.
Ammar Hijazi, the state of Palestine’s ambassador to international organizations in the Netherlands, said Israeli forces had killed over 408 UN workers, including almost 300 staff of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), as well as dozens of paramedics and first responders. “These killings are deliberate, not accidental,” he said, citing attacks in which Israeli forces ambushed and killed humanitarian workers before burying them in mass graves.
“Israel is starving, killing, and displacing Palestinians, while also targeting and blocking humanitarian organizations trying to save their lives,” he said, adding that the siege has created conditions “incompatible with sustaining life or the continued existence of Palestinians in Gaza.”
Blinne Ní Ghrálaigh, the counsel for the Palestinian state, described Israel’s actions as “antithetical to a peace-loving state,” and said the restrictions on “the fundamental rights of the Palestinian people, [Israel’s] attacks on the United Nations and on UN officials, property and premises, its deliberate obstruction of the organization’s work and its attempt to destroy an entire UN subsidiary organ” were “unprecedented in the history of the organization”.
Malaysian envoy Azalina Othman Said on Monday told the International Court of Justice (ICJ), “In last few weeks we have witnessed not only a renewed war against the Palestinian population in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, but also statements by senior Israeli officials that leave no doubt (that) Israel’s intention is to bring about the ultimate denial of the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination to their eventual displacement and elimination.”
Egypt’s Assistant Foreign Minister Hatem Kamaleldin Abdelkader accused Israel of imposing a “brutal siege” on civilians, calling it “the most recent chapter in Israel’s systematic weaponization of humanitarian assistance,” amid what he called a “vicious assault” on the Gaza Strip. “There is no doubt that these practices are part of a widespread, systematic and comprehensive state policy to depopulate the OPT (Occupied Palestinian Territories) and effect its de facto annexation,” he added.
Israel’s foreign minister, Gideon Sa’ar said on Monday that the “UN has become a rotten, anti-Israel, and anti-Semitic body.”
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Israeli minister: Encouraging Gaza emigration ‘most moral and humane thing’
Encouraging voluntary emigration from Gaza is the “most moral and humane thing to do,” Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar said in an interview at the JNS International Policy Summit on Sunday night.
This is true of anyone who thinks Palestinians “are human beings and not just as a weapon against Israel,” Sa’ar declared in a conversation with summit chairman Richard D. Heideman.
Arab nations “are trying to deny the rights of the Gazans, their free will or free choice to immigrate,” continued Jerusalem’s top diplomat.
NOTE: “Voluntary emigration” is a misnomer here. Israel has been aggressively pushing Gazans to leave, making life unbearable. Forced population transfer is a crime against humanity, and a form of ethnic cleansing.
If Gideon Sa’ar and world leaders truly want to offer Gazans a good life outside Gaza, the just solution would be to return them to their homes in historic Palestine.
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Israel army faces crisis in morale among its troops
The Israeli occupation army is grappling with a crisis in morale, which has been described as a “ticking time bomb” by local media, following the decision to extend compulsory military service by four months. This comes amidst ongoing operations in Gaza and rising tensions with Lebanon.
According to media reports, the order has sparked widespread discontent among soldiers who have been engaged in combat for over a year and a half. Many express feelings of exhaustion, exploitation and a loss of trust in both the state and military leadership. “Morale is at rock bottom… fighters are trying to escape combat positions for other roles,” an officer stated.
Soldiers reported being taken by surprise when informed of the extension of their service without prior notice. Sergeant Major Rishon A. from the Nahal Brigade, who was scheduled to be discharged last week, said he was notified the day before his discharge about an additional four-month service extension. He added: “The state is exploiting us mercilessly… I feel my personal life means nothing to them.”
At least 68 killed in US strikes on African migrant shelter in northern Yemen, Houthis say
At least 68 people were killed and 47 others injured in US airstrikes on a shelter for African migrants in Yemen’s northern Saada province, the Houthi group said on Monday.
The Houthi-run Interior Ministry said that the attacks targeted a shelter center housing 115 migrants from African nationalities.
It said the targeted shelter is supervised by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), calling the US strikes “a full-fledged war crime.”
There was no immediate US comment on the report.
The US has carried out more than 1,200 airstrikes in Yemen since March 15, killing more than 225 civilians and injuring over 430, mostly women and children, according to Houthi data that excludes losses among their forces.
On Monday the US Navy lost a F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet — worth at least $67 million — when it fell off the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier as it took a hard turn to avoid Houthi fire.
The USS Truman is stationed in the Red Sea as part of the U.S.’ ongoing anti-Houthi campaign, also known as Operation Rough Rider.
“The F/A-18E was actively under tow in the hangar bay when the move crew lost control of the aircraft. The aircraft and tow tractor were lost overboard,” a statement from the Navy read. “Sailors towing the aircraft took immediate action to move clear of the aircraft before it fell overboard. An investigation is underway.”
To date, the U.S. has spent about $3 billion in its recent anti-Houthi campaign since it began in mid-March, hitting over 800 targets in Yemen, and killing hundreds of civilians, in the process. And now, the accidental loss of a fighter jet instantaneously adds tens of millions to that total.
NOTE: The Houthis are an Iran-aligned group based in Yemen and have said their attacks are a response to Israel’s bombardment of Gaza, and the international community’s failure to put an end to it.
They say their attacks on commercial and military ships with potential Israeli links are primarily aimed at pressuring Tel Aviv to end its war on Gaza.
Paramount under fire for meddling in Gaza coverage after ’60 Minutes’ producer resigns
Paramount has come under fire following the resignation of veteran 60 Minutes producer Bill Owens, who reportedly quit the CBS news show last week after the parent company, Paramount, began to interfere with its coverage of Israel’s war on Gaza and the Trump administration.
On Sunday night’s episode of 60 Minutes, Scott Pelley read a statement about the departure of the executive producer, who was with the show for over 25 years.
“Stories we have covered for the last 57 years are often controversial, lately the Israeli-Gaza war and the Trump administration. Paramount began to supervise our content in new ways. None of our stories have been blocked, but Bill felt he lost the independence that honest journalism required.”
CBS’ 60 Minutes discussed the resignation of executive producer Bill Owens last week.
Owens reportedly quit amid increasing monitoring by CBS’ parent company Paramount over coverage of the war on Gaza and the Trump administration as it sought White House approval for a merger. pic.twitter.com/vrzIybMmNv
— Middle East Eye (@MiddleEastEye) April 28, 2025
Midwife who worked in Gaza punished in California for watermelon pin
(NOTE: This is part of a longer article and video in which professional midwife Bridget Rochios talks about healthcare in Gaza, and Israel’s destruction of the largest fertility clinic in Gaza. More than 4,000 frozen embryos and 1,000 sperm samples and unfertilized eggs were destroyed in the attack. A UN commission stated that the attack was intentional.)
As the health system in Gaza plunges deeper into catastrophe, there are growing political attacks against doctors and professional health providers in the US who speak out against the genocide.
Rochios worked at the University of California at San Francisco medical center and was targeted for suspension after she returned from Gaza last year.
After nine months of administrative leave, UCSF recently issued a notice of intent to fire her for refusing to remove a watermelon pin on her badge. The watermelon symbol has become a popular way to show solidarity with Palestinians.
A petition has gathered more than 6,700 signatures demanding Rochios’ reinstatement at the hospital and an end to the repressive actions against her and other healthcare professionals who stand against Israel’s genocide.
Rochios says that she’s worn pins in support of the Black Lives Matter movement and LGBTQ pride, like many of her colleagues. But for expressing solidarity with Palestinians who are being subjected to the US-supported genocide in Gaza by wearing a watermelon pin, she was charged with creating an unsafe working environment.
“It boggles my mind, because I work in a fertility clinic – and for somebody to say that they feel unsafe because I’m wearing a piece of seasonal fruit, essentially, on my badge, while the largest fertility clinic in Gaza is specifically targeted, and all of those embryos are gone, it’s absurd,” she says.
Rochios explains that the mobilization has been fierce in her defense within the community of healthcare professionals who took an oath to defend human rights and advocate for oppressed and marginalized communities.
“I think it’s really important to realize that we are not alone, and that in speaking out, your community will come,” she says.
“We need to continue this fight. I think that being a bystander, saying no, backing down now, is only going to lead to bigger and scarier things ahead. And they can fire me, but they can’t fire everybody. And they can silence me, but they can’t silence the larger voice of this movement and the really clear intention that we have around securing the dignity, health and humanity of every human being on this earth.”
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IMEMC Daily Reports
STATISTICS OCTOBER 7, 2023 – APRIL 28, 2025:
- At least 53,280 Palestinians killed, 126,185 injured – including:
- at least 52,314 killed in Gaza (~15,600 children)
- at least 966 killed in the West Bank (~187 children)
- at least 117,792 injured in Gaza
- at least 8,393 injured in the West Bank
According to Palestinian authorities, during the ceasefire Jan. 19- March 18 2025, Israeli attacks killed at least 150 Gazans, and Israel committed at least 962 ceasefire violations.
Thousands of those killed in Gaza have yet to be identified, and an estimated 11,000 more are still buried under rubble.
Reported Israeli death toll from October 7, 2023 – April 28, 2025: ~1,595 – including ~1,139 on October 7, 2023 (~36 children), 410 military forces since the ground invasion began in Gaza, 46 military and civilians in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Israel.
NOTE: It is unknown at this time how many of the deaths and injuries of Israelis on October 7 were caused by Israeli soldiers.
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