To our readers: since October 7th, 2023, If Americans Knew has provided a roundup of the latest Palestine and Palestine-adjacent news. Now, 170+ days after a “ceasefire” was declared in Gaza (October 11, 2025), the assault on the Palestinian people is still going, with no end in sight. Our Daily Updates will continue to keep you abreast of the news – but without the words “war” or “ceasefire.”
It has now been 909 days since Israel began its 2023 genocide on the Palestinian people.
Compilation of news reports – IAK staff
ISRAEL-US WAR ON IRAN – NEWS & HEADLINES:
Why is If Americans Knew covering the war on Iran? It can not be overemphasized that Israel has been the impetus behind US policies and actions vis-a-vis Iran for years. This is especially true right now, under Donald Trump. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has been pushing the US to attack Iran for decades.
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 sets four conditions for ending war with US and Israel: In statements to Russia’s TASS news agency, Iran’s ambassador to Russia said Tehran’s conditions include a complete and final cessation of aggression, the provision of objective guarantees to prevent any recurrence of war, full compensation for material and moral damages, and respect for Iran’s jurisdiction over the Strait of Hormuz to ensure maritime security.
Senior Iranian Negotiator Severely Wounded by Israeli-US Strike: Kamal Kharazi, an 81-year-old advisor to the Iranian government, was reportedly severely wounded by an Israeli-US strike on his home that killed his wife. Kharazi was seen as a potential negotiator and was overseeing engagement with Pakistan for a possible meeting between Iranian officials and Vice President JD Vance.
Israeli-US strike destroys Iran’s largest bridge, Trump warns Tehran ‘more to follow’: Eight people reported killed in attack on newly completed suspension bridge after strike splits structure in half.
IRGC contradicts Trump’s claim that Iran’s air defense is destroyed: According to the IRGC statement, “following the false claim of the lying President of the United States about the complete destruction of the IRGC’s air defense, moments ago, an advanced enemy fighter was hit by the IRGC Navy’s advanced air defense system.”
US intelligence assesses Iran maintains significant missile launching capability, sources say: Roughly half of Iran’s missile launchers are still intact and thousands of one-way attack drones remain in Iran’s arsenal despite US and Israeli strikes against military targets, according to recent US intelligence assessments, sources say.
Iran sets up ‘tollbooth’ system in Strait of Hormuz: Economists project revenues from the system could exceed $60 billion annually for Tehran.
Gulf states consider new pipelines to avoid Strait of Hormuz: Conflict prompts countries to revisit plans that replicate Saudi Arabia’s East-West pipeline despite huge cost and complexity.
Oil price jumps and markets slide after Trump warning to Iran: Brent crude rises 8% to almost $110 a barrel as US president vows to hit Iran ‘extremely hard’ over coming weeks.
Top US army officer steps down after Hegseth reportedly demanded removal: Pentagon announces Randy George retiring from role as US army chief of staff, ‘effective immediately.’
Trump has polled advisers about replacing Tulsi Gabbard as intelligence chief: Exclusive: Pressure intensifies for Gabbard after president’s displeasure with Iran war testimony.
Trump: Israel will ‘do what I tell them’ regarding end of Iran war, will ‘stop when I stop’: “They’ll do what I tell them,” Trump tells Time Magazine. “They’ve been a good team player. They’ll stop when I stop. They’ll stop unless they’re provoked, in which case, they’ll have no choice, but they’ll stop when I stop.”
Firm backed by Trump sons tries to sell drone interceptors to Gulf states being attacked by Iran: “These countries are under enormous pressure to buy from the sons of the president so he will do what they want,” said a former chief White House ethics lawyer. “This is going to be the first family of a president to make a lot of money off war – a war he didn’t get the consent of Congress for.”
Austria denies US military access to its airspace for Iran operations
For an interactive look at the geography of the strait of Hormuz and surroundings, check out Al Jazeera’s A visual guide to Iran’s coastline and strategic islands
DEATH TOLL – WAR ON IRAN (tentative):
- United States: 13* (this number is believed by some to be an undercount)
- Israel: 24 (another source says 29)
- Iran: at least 3,530 (1,606 civilian, 1,213 military, 711 unclassified)
- Other 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 over 300. 80,000 residents remain displaced and unable to return home.
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.)
Israel Is Conducting a Campaign to Ethnically Cleanse Southern Lebanon of Shia Residents
UN warns of ‘occupation’ risk in southern Lebanon as 200,000 flee to Syria amid Israeli attacks: “About 200,000 refugees or displaced people have crossed the border in the last three or four weeks,” Tom Fletcher told the UN Security Council, 175,000 are Syrians coming home, while the rest are mainly Lebanese and Palestinians. Fletcher said he saw “enormous destruction” and “active, coercive displacement,” adding that there is “a sense … this is likely to be a long-running conflict.”
Israeli attacks displace over 1M in Lebanon, 1 in 5 affected: UN refugee agency
DEATH TOLL – WAR ON LEBANON (tentative):
- In Lebanon, at least 1,345 people have been killed (124 children and 86 women, 53 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.
A Palestinian woman was killed and a young man succumbed to critical wounds on Thursday as Israeli forces intensified gunfire and artillery attacks across multiple areas of the devastated Gaza Strip.
Gazan toddler’s mental state has ‘greatly deteriorated’ after release from Israeli detention with signs of torture, says mother: Jawad was returned to his mother after Israeli forced detained and tortured him for 10 hours while trying to force a confession from his father, his family said. Jawad’s trousers showed clear entrance and exit holes, and were covered in blood. The toddler has large wounds on both legs, believed to be cigarette burns (original story here).
‘The rat gnawed my baby’s cheek’: Gaza tent encampments face rodent infestation: The residents of crowded tent encampments in Gaza now suffer from an infestation of rodents that bite people in their sleep. This week, a one-month-old baby was mauled in the cheek, leaving him in “critical condition,” doctors say.
Autistic children in Gaza face massive regression as Israel’s genocide destroys therapy, care and stability: As the world marks Autism Awareness Month, Gaza’s autistic children face collapsed healthcare, lost therapy and repeated displacement, erasing years of progress.
Gaza universities resume in-person learning, restoring hope amid displacement: The project, established on an area of about three dunams within displacement camps, was launched by the organization Scholars Without Borders. Seven classrooms have been set up using simple structures, providing a basic learning environment with electricity, internet access, desks and teaching boards.
US-Israel war on Iran deepens a transportation crisis in the Gaza Strip: With crossings tightly restricted and the entry of fuel and vehicle spare parts slowing to a trickle, even the simplest journey inside Gaza has become an exhausting and expensive challenge.
DEATH TOLL – GAZA GENOCIDE (tentative):
- At least 713 since ceasefire began Oct. 11, 2025
- At least 72,289 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.)
Palestine campaign group launches urgent Al-Aqsa appeal as Israel keeps mosque shut for 34th day: A new appeal warns that the continued closure of the religious site could lead to a change in its status quo and further Israeli control over Jerusalem.
Israeli Army Abducts Three Palestinians From Ramallah
Palestinian Man Shot In Beit Anan; Army Invades Several Towns
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 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.)
How Israel’s record $271B budget will finance expanding illegal settlements: Israeli lawmakers passed the largest budget in their nation’s history from a fortified bunker this week. A major features is funding “national security” through a massive financial injection into extreme right-wing projects that analysts say will fundamentally alter the occupied West Bank. Billions are reportedly being funneled towards ideological goals, including supporting Israeli settlers establishing outposts and settlements in the West Bank.
Israel’s death penalty law is not about executing Palestinians: It is about eliminating Palestinian existence in Palestine. It comes less than a month after Israel dropped all charges against its soldiers accused of mass raping Palestinian detainees at the notorious detention camp of Sde Teiman.
MORE NEWS & HEADLINES:
A flotilla of pro-Palestinian activists who attempted to reach Gaza last year said on Thursday they would launch a new mission to the devastated territory from Barcelona on April 12. They expect to have more than 80 boats and 1,000 international participants. “The cost of inaction is too high to bear,” the group said in a statement.
ICYMI, A SELECTION OF YESTERDAY’S HEADLINES:
“Casualty Cover-Up”: The Pentagon Is Hiding U.S. Losses Under Trump in the Middle East
“Hezbollah will pay heavy price for rocket fire during Passover*,” Katz vows
How Gaza Reshaped America’s View of the Iran War
Greek ships secretly supplying Israel with oil and military cargo
Possible Democratic hopefuls say Israel must pay for its own missiles
(Read yesterday’s daily update here.)
STATISTICS OCTOBER 7, 2023 – APRIL 2, 2026*:
- At least 73,432 Palestinians killed, 183,740 injured – including:
- At least 72,289 killed (~22,000 children, 33,000 women and girls), 172,040 injured in Gaza
- At least 1,143 killed (~232 children), 11,700 injured in the West Bank
*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 1, 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 conflict with Lebanon or the war with Iran).
By one count, Israeli attacks have killed approximately 282 Palestinian journalists and media workers (most recent March 9, 2026); Palestinians have killed 4 Israeli journalists (other groups have tallied between 215 and 356 Palestinian journalists killed – depending on the criteria used).
**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)
- ‘War crime’: Global condemnation as Israeli ministers celebrate death penalty law targeting Palestinian prisoners
- 7 Ways Israel Is Turning Lebanon Into Gaza
- World’s Leading Football Bodies Under Fire Over Israel Policies
- Experts warn of possible use of nukes against Iran
- Israeli invasion of Lebanon could be worse than 1982, warn European officials
- Passover: Liberation and collective punishment
- Gaza families reunite years after babies evacuated amid Israel’s war
- International Rescue Committee warns Gaza’s children face grave protection risks
- Iran’s Alleged 47-Year War on America: Debunking the 1,050 American Deaths Canard
- Ann Coulter Rips Into Fox News for Iran War Coverage, Compares to False Rigged 2020 Election Reporting
- Joe Kent Urges Americans To Call White House and Congress To Object To Sending Troops Into Iran
- DNC Resolution to Reject AIPAC Funding Puts Democratic Leaders in the Hot Seat
- Swedish foundation to build 400 schools as over 650,000 Gaza children remain without education for 2 years
- Israeli army admits photoshopping image of slain Lebanese journalist
