It has now been 922 days since Israel began its 2023 genocide on the Palestinian people. Below is a roundup of news from Wednesday, April 15, 2026.
Compilation of news reports – IAK staff
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.”
Israeli Military Chief Approves Plans for Attack on Iran and Lebanon: On Wednesday, IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir said he “approved plans for the continuation [of the war] – both in Lebanon and in Iran,” as Washington and Tehran attempt to broker a deal to end the conflict.
US prepares for more fighting, possible ground ops, in Iran: The Pentagon is sending thousands of additional troops into the Middle East in the coming days, as the Trump administration attempts to pressure Iran into a deal that could end the weeks-long conflict there while considering the possibility of additional strikes or ground operations if a fragile ceasefire does not hold, U.S. officials said.
Iran used Chinese spy satellite to target US bases: Leaked documents show IRGC secretly acquired system and used it to guide strikes during war in March.
Iran war: What has the war done to the cost of humanitarian aid? With supplies held up and costs soaring, some of the world’s most vulnerable are in ‘a race against the clock’ to get aid
Iran threatens to block exports, imports in Gulf if US blockade continues
US war on Iran risks sparking global recession: Int’l Monetary Fund
DEATH TOLL – WAR ON IRAN (tentative):
- United States: 13 (this number is believed by some to be an undercount)
- Iran: at least 3,375 (2,875 men, 496 women, no details on the remaining four people; other sources have higher numbers)
- 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 154
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.)
Israeli Strikes in Lebanon Have Killed 172 Children as Attacks Target Homes* Far From Hezbollah War Front Lines: Israel has often struck alleged Hezbollah militants or officials in their homes without warning, frequently in parts of Lebanon far from the front line, when they are with their families, in apartment buildings surrounded by uninvolved neighbors.
*NOTE: During the pre-“ceasefire” days of the Gaza genocide, Israel used the same strategy, employing AI to systematically attack targeted people at home, while they were surrounded by family, instead of while they were engaged in military activity. One of the AI systems was called “Where’s Daddy?”
Israel launches operation to demolish homes in frontline villages in Lebanon: Report: Army identifies more than 20 villages in southern Lebanon for home demolitions. The military reportedly does not intend to allow Lebanese residents to return to the area “until security is restored” for residents of northern Israel.
UN peacekeepers in Lebanon say Israeli army halted its convoy
DEATH TOLL – WAR ON LEBANON (tentative):
- In Lebanon, at least 2,124 people have been killed
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.
Eight Palestinians were killed by Israeli army fire in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, in the latest violation of a ceasefire agreement in effect since last October, the Health Ministry said Wednesday.
“My Daughter Went Out to Learn, Not to Fight”: Gaza Grieves More Children Killed by Israel: Since the agreement went into effect, over 760 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry—the equivalent of four Palestinians being killed every day for six months. Over 2,100 have been wounded. At least 180 children have been killed over this period.
War Pollutants May Be Poisoning a Generation of Mothers and Their Babies in Gaza: The impact of war goes beyond immediate destruction, quietly shaping the health of future generations.
Born into war, raised across borders: The story of Gaza’s premature babies separated from their parents amid Israel’s genocide: In the corners of war, loss is not measured only in the number of the dead. It is measured in the invisible distances planted between bodies and hearts, in the space between a mother’s arms and the child she was not allowed to hold. Dozens of premature babies born at the most brutal moments of Israel’s siege of Gaza were taken from their mothers and transferred across borders without farewell.
Gaza flooded with sweets as fuel and medicine withheld, health official warns: The director-general of the Ministry of Health in Gaza, Munir Al-Barsh, has described a catastrophic situation in the besieged enclave, saying that it is being flooded with chocolate and soft drinks while fuel, medicine and basic food are withheld, leaving infants in incubators at constant risk of death. Al-Barsh said that the situation is not a temporary shortage but a deliberate manipulation of aid, masking ongoing starvation and continued killings despite claims of a ceasefire.
Gaza’s health system and patients face total collapse: Gaza health officials said that more than 20,000 wounded and chronically ill Palestinians urgently require medical evacuation abroad for treatment that is no longer available inside Gaza – 440 classified as “life‑saving” cases, 4,500 children, 6,000 wounded, and 4,000 cancer patients. 1,268 patients have reportedly died while waiting for permission to leave Gaza for treatment since the Israeli army seized the Rafah Crossing.
International journalists appeal to Israeli Supreme Court for Gaza access: Israel has banned foreign journalists from entering Gaza independently since Hamas’ October 7, 2023 attack. The Foreign Press Association filed a petition seeking entry in September 2024, but the Israeli government has repeatedly delayed the proceedings, in what the FPA called a “mockery of the legal process.”
DEATH TOLL – GAZA GENOCIDE (tentative):
- At least 760 since ceasefire began Oct. 11, 2025
- 72,344 killed (~22,000 children, 33,000 women and girls) since October 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.)
Israeli army kills Palestinian in northern West Bank: The Israeli army said Wednesday it killed a Palestinian in the northern West Bank, alleging he attempted to carry out a stabbing attack. The incident took place near the illegal Raba’a settlement; no injuries were reported among Israelis.
Israel arrested 1,700 Palestinian children in West Bank since October, 2023, rights group says: Dozens more were detained in Gaza. In a report titled “The Reality of Palestinian Children’s Detention in Israeli Prisons”, the Palestinian Center for the Defense of Prisoners documented more than 55,500 child arrests since 1967, noting that around 350 children remain imprisoned today, including some serving sentences and others held under administrative detention*.
*NOTE: The vast majority of the 9,000+ Palestinians being held in Israeli prisons are political prisoners; nearly 3,400 are administrative detainees, being kept behind bars without charge, trial, or access to a lawyer. A growing number are children. Administrative detention is intended to be used only in “exceptional” circumstances, but Israel uses it widely. (Read more here.)
Israel’s largest land grab since the Nakba: This is “the highest number ever approved at one time,” the UN human rights office said, adding that building those settlements “extends and consolidates Israel’s annexation of occupied Palestinian territory.”
Israel Collaborating With Settlers to Expel Palestinians From Their Old City Homes: The Justice Ministry ordered the eviction of the Basha family from a building where they have lived for almost a century in the Old City of Jerusalem. The family has less than two weeks to leave.
Israeli forces number Palestinian women’s hands during Jenin invasion: Women permitted to briefly return to homes under military escort describe harassment, strip searches and devastation across the camp.
Israeli Forces Level Industrial Site in Hebron
Colonizers Target Jericho, Hebron, Ramallah
Invasions And Abductions In West Bank, Wednesday
Israeli Forces Sustain Gaza Ceasefire Violations
Army Escalates Restrictions Near Qalqilia
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.
Israeli soldiers suspected of raping Palestinian detainee allowed to return to service: Army chief approves return of reservists filmed allegedly torturing a detainee at Sde Teiman. Five soldiers were implicated in the abuse of a Palestinian detainee at the notorious Sde Teiman detention center in 2024. Last month, the charges against the soldiers were dropped. No internal military investigation into the incident has been carried out. The abuse was captured on surveillance cameras.
RELATED: Outrage over video leak of Israeli soldiers’ gang rape of Palestinian exposes rot in Israeli society AND In Israel, raping Palestinian prisoners is justified. Leaking the footage is betrayal
Israeli High Court begins hearing petition seeking removal of far-right minister Ben-Gvir: National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir was the force behind the recent passage of the Israeli death penalty law targeting Palestinian detainees.
Israel appoints 1st ambassador to Somalia’s breakaway region in controversial move: On 26 December 2025, Israel became the first country and UN member state to formally recognize Somaliland as an independent country, although it broke away from Somalia in 1991. Palestinians fear that Israel will forcibly relocate residents of Gaza to Somaliland in an act of ethnic cleansing.
MORE NEWS & HEADLINES:
Bernie Sanders’ effort to block US weapons sales to Israel fails in Senate; On Wednesday, 40 of the 47 Democratic senators backed a resolution brought by Bernie Sanders that would have prevented the sale of $295m in armored bulldozers, and 36 members voted for a second resolution that would have halted a $151.8m sale of 12,000 1,000-lb bombs to Israel’s military. The vote shows a growing appetite among Democrats to impose limits on aid to Israel.
Three Winners at the Latest DNC Meeting: Israel, Ethnic Cleansing, and Genocide
ISRAELI MEDIA: Most U.S. Jews Oppose AIPAC Spending in Democratic Primaries, Poll Shows: A survey commissioned by J Street showed a majority of U.S. Jews oppose AIPAC spending Republican-raised money in Democratic primaries. As scrutiny grows over AIPAC’s election influence, J Street has launched its own spending push ahead of the midterms.
RELATED: AIPAC Gears Up for Midterm Election Cycle With $95 Million War Chest
UNESCO Executive Board Adopts Two Resolutions in Support of Palestine
ICYMI, A SELECTION OF YESTERDAY’S HEADLINES:
U.S sending thousands more troops to Middle East
Lebanon, Israel to begin first direct talks in more than 30 years on Tuesday under US mediation
Israel’s military killed at least 11 Palestinians
Newly Approved West Bank Settlements* to Be Built on Private Palestinian Land
Why are Democratic leaders still ignoring voters on Israel?
(Read yesterday’s daily update here.)
STATISTICS OCTOBER 7, 2023 – APRIL 15, 2026*:
- At least 73,493 Palestinians killed, 183,942 injured – including:
- Gaza: at least 72,344 killed (~22,000 children, 33,000 women and girls), 172,242 injured
- West Bank/East Jerusalem: at least 1,149 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 15, 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)
- Commentary: take away Israel’s biggest weapon
- The Myth of Israel as ‘US Aircraft Carrier’ in Middle East
- Israeli Media: ‘Diseases Are Everywhere’: Gaza’s ‘Catastrophic’ Healthcare Crisis Is Worsening
- Declassified Files Expose Jewish Pre-state Underground Militia’s Contacts With Nazi Germany
- No diapers, no relief: Gaza’s infants face growing hygiene crisis because of Israeli restrictions
- ‘Not Acceptable’: President of Iran Condemns Trump For His ‘Desecration of Jesus, the Prophet of Peace’
- We Are the Barbarians
- Netanyahu Says the Trump Administration Gives Him Reports on Iran Talks Every Day
- Second Contractor Steps Forward to Blow the Whistle on Israeli Attacks at Gaza Aid Site
- Emergency waivers move arms for Israel, UAE to speed lane
- Caitlin Johnstone: Nobody’s “Obsessed” With Israel — It’s Just A Uniquely Horrible Country
- Israel’s Ben Gvir says he feels like the ‘owner’ of Al-Aqsa Mosque
- History of flotilla campaigns to end Israel’s siege of Gaza
- Humanitarian Scorecard: Six Months In, Gaza Ceasefire is Failing
