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 908 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 says US-Israeli attacks ‘amount to genocide’: A spokesperson said on Wednesday, “This is not an isolated act of cruelty — it is part of a systematic and brutal pattern of illegal warfare against Iran…The term ‘war crime’ falls far short of adequately describing these atrocities.” He added, “Given the explicit rhetoric of hostility toward Iranians (as a nation) expressed by U.S./Israeli officials, these crimes amount to genocide.”
‘You Are Not Our Enemy’ – Iran’s President Sends Message to Americans – FULL TEXT
‘False, baseless’: Iran dismisses Trump’s latest ceasefire claims: Iranian officials have repeatedly refuted any claims of a US victory, asserting that they will end the war when their terms are met.
Trump admits Iran war was only at behest of ‘allies’, gives no withdrawal timeline: “We’re now totally independent of the Middle East, and yet, we are there to help,” Trump said in a scripted Wednesday evening address. “We don’t have to be there. We don’t need their oil. We don’t need anything they have. We’re there to help our allies.” The next two to three weeks will take Iran ‘back to the stone ages’, he vowed (find the full transcript of Trump’s Wednesday night speech here).
EXCERPT: “We’re fighting [Israel’s] wars. We can’t take care of daycare. You gotta let a state take care of daycare, and they should pay for it too,” said Trump. “It’s not possible for us to take care of daycare, Medicaid, Medicare, all these individual things.”
RELATED: Rubio Unironically Says Iran Should Spend Money on Its People, Not on Military
More than “boots on the ground”: Pentagon wants bunkers for the Middle East: The Pentagon has solicited proposals for prefabricated bunkers to be delivered to its bases in the Middle East, hinting at preparations for a longer-term conflict.
“Casualty Cover-Up”: The Pentagon Is Hiding U.S. Losses Under Trump in the Middle East: Almost 750 troops have been wounded or killed in the Middle East since October 2023, an analysis by The Intercept has found. But the Pentagon won’t acknowledge it. CENTCOM also would not provide a count of troops who have died in the region since the start of the war. An Intercept analysis puts the number at no less than 15.
Iranian army commander threatens US soldiers: ‘Families should contact them within 24 hours’: Iran’s Army Ground Forces Commander General Ali Jahanshahi said on Wednesday, “The United States Central Command has heavily censored the figures on American soldiers killed. We recommend that within the next 24 hours, families of US military personnel deployed to the region contact their children. We will see what happens.”
Houthis claim joint missile attack with Iran, Hezbollah on Israel
Amazon’s cloud business in Bahrain damaged in Iran strike
More than two-thirds of US citizens are calling for a quick end to Washington’s war against Iran, even if it means ditching its stated goals, a 31 March Reuters/Ipsos poll shows.
Israel pressures Trump for ‘short, powerful’ ground operation before Iran talks: Media: In an interview with US outlet Newsmax on Monday, Netanyahu urged Trump to move beyond public opinion opposing the war: “I’m not saying politicians should ignore polls—everyone looks at them—but if that’s the only thing guiding your actions, then you’re not a leader, you’re a follower.”
Pakistan and China put forward five-point plan to ease Middle East tensions: The proposed initiative includes an immediate ceasefire, the prompt launch of peace negotiations, the protection of civilians, the safeguarding of shipping lanes, and adherence to the principles of the UN Charter.
Ten Israeli soldiers have been killed and 309 others injured since the outbreak of war with Lebanon and Iran, the military said on Wednesday. Israel’s Institute for National Security Studies estimates that 29 people have been killed in the conflict.
US begins emergency evacuation of 60,000 Americans from Egypt: Israeli media
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 3,527 (1,606 civilian, 1,212 military, 709 unclassified)
- Other Arab states (including Palestine, excluding Lebanon), at least 143
‘Which interests being served by war?’ Iran’s Pezeshkian asks US public in open letter:
To the people of the United States of America pic.twitter.com/3uAL4FZgY7
— Masoud Pezeshkian (@drpezeshkian) April 1, 2026
Israeli-US attack on historic healthcare facility:
Heartbreaking, cruel, despicable, and utterly outrageous: the American-Israeli aggressors have attacked the Pasteur Institute of Iran — the oldest and most prestigious research and public health center in Iran and the entire Middle East, founded in 1920 through an agreement… pic.twitter.com/DQvyiuxIw6
— Esmaeil Baqaei (@IRIMFA_SPOX) April 2, 2026
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.)
50 people were killed and 185 others wounded in the past 24 hours, according to the Health Ministry in Lebanon.
“Hezbollah will pay heavy price for rocket fire during Passover*,” Katz vows
*NOTE: Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz seems to have forgotten that Israel has conducted violent airstrikes and forcibly closed holy sites on important holidays, including in for both Muslims and Christians in the Palestinian territories, and Iran and Lebanon.
Without Evidence, IDF Claims Again That Hezbollah Is Extensively Using Ambulances for Military Purposes: According to the World Health Organization, more than 50 medical personnel have been killed in the war in Lebanon. Haaretz has repeatedly asked the IDF for evidence supporting its claims, but the military has presented no proof to back its assertion. Rights groups note that medical staffers are protected under international law.
DEATH TOLL – WAR ON LEBANON (tentative):
- In Lebanon, at least 1,318 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.
On Wednesday, five Palestinians, including one woman, were killed and at least fifteen others injured in the past 24 hours, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza, as Israeli forces continued attacks across the Gaza Strip, despite the declared “ceasefire” framework.
How Gaza Reshaped America’s View of the Iran War: Recent polling on the Iran war reflects not only economic and political concerns, but a deeper moral shift already visible in changing US attitudes toward Palestine.
Egypt races to rescue Gaza ceasefire* as Iran war threatens to bury it: The Egyptian president and foreign minister are escalating diplomatic engagements with world leaders, influential diplomats and officials to bring the 20-point, three-phase plan, which went into effect in October last year, back on track.
MUST-READ: Why Trump’s 20-point Plan for Ending the Gaza War Simply Won’t Work
Israeli army shells, demolishes buildings in eastern Gaza: Artillery fire and shooting continued throughout the day and into the evening alongside heavy movements of Israeli military vehicles near what is known as the “yellow line.” The intensity of shelling has increased markedly in recent weeks (read about the Yellow Line here).
Israel turning ‘Yellow Line’ into new border in Gaza, installs dozens of military outposts: Reports said the presence of the checkpoints means that the military presence in the area is no longer temporary and effectively turns the Yellow Line into a new border.
DEATH TOLL – GAZA GENOCIDE (tentative):
- At least 709 since ceasefire began Oct. 11, 2025
- At least 72,285 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.)
Palestinians in West Bank rise up in protest against Israeli death penalty law: Palestinian shops and public institutions across the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem were closed as people took to the streets to protest against Israel’s new death penalty law, chanting slogans condemning the law and calling on the international community to reverse the law’s passage. Israeli soldiers forced Palestinian shop owners taking part in the strike in at least one town to open their businesses (original story here).
Israel’s closure of the Holy Sepulchre is proof that no faith is safe from occupation: The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem stands at the heart of Christian worship; to deny access to this site, as Israel did on Sunday is a violent interruption of ancestral religious ties, a colonial imposition that severs Palestinian Christians from the heart of their spiritual and communal life (original story here).
Israeli violence threatens Christians’ future in Jerusalem, report warns: Clergy and worshippers subjected to ‘intimidation and aggression’ as holy sites in Old City remain shut for Easter.
A new Israeli wall could sever the West Bank’s Jordan Valley: Trapped between a new Israeli military barrier and expanding settlements, Palestinian farmers in Palestine’s ‘bread basket’, an area rich in water resources and fertile soil, are being forced to flee their homes.
Israeli army imposes curfew in West Bank’s Hebron citing Jewish holiday of Passover
Israeli Army Abducts Many Palestinians In West Bank Invasions
Ongoing Israeli Invasions, Colonizer Attacks, Across West Bank
Israeli Colonizers Release Livestock On Lands Near Hebron
DEATH TOLL – WEST BANK (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.)
Palestinian citizens of Israel face stark shelter shortages*, legal group warns: Only 37 out of 11,775 public shelters in Israel are situated in Palestinian localities, representing just 0.3 percent of the total, while Palestinians make up 20 percent of the population.
*NOTE: This is just one of many examples of Israel’s apartheid framework, which extends in various forms across Gaza, the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and inside Israel (where 20% of residents are Palestinian). Multiple human rights organizations have documented and reported that Israel is indeed practicing apartheid, including: Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, the Israeli human rights groups B’Tselem, and Yesh Din, and more.
Israel Buries Slain Child in Numbers Graveyard: Israeli authorities have confirmed to the Supreme Court that they buried the body of 14‑year‑old Wadea‘ Shadi Elian from occupied Jerusalem in the so‑called Numbers Graveyard, nearly six months after killing him and withholding his remains.
Israeli social media flooded with calls for ‘expanding scope’ of death penalty law for Palestinians: Report (original story here).
Rights Groups Warn of Critical Deterioration in Detainee’s Health: The Prisoners’ Information Office said Akram al‑Qawasmi, who is serving two life terms, is now in critical condition after repeated assaults by Israeli prison guards, leaving him unable to move without assistance.
Top Court Allows Palestinian Child to Enter Israel for Cancer Care Despite Government Ban: Israeli Supreme Court justices overturned a lower court ruling based on medical opinions that the child cannot be treated elsewhere other than in Israel. The child, currently living in Ramallah in the West Bank has been waiting for six months for treatment that might save his life.
Greek ships secretly supplying Israel with oil and military cargo: Shadow ships are turning off their signals and filing false destinations to supply Israel via Turkiye, according to a new report, produced by the No Harbour for Genocide campaign.
Israeli forces target Syrian TV crew, journalists in Quneitra countryside: Three journalists were reporting on an Iranian drone after it was brought down by Israeli air defenses when they came under direct fire; No injuries were reported among the journalists.
Israeli 3D-printing firm joins major Pentagon manufacturing program: Stratasys will help the US military qualify and scale 3D-printed parts faster, as the Pentagon pushes to strengthen supply chains and modernize aging platforms.
MORE NEWS & HEADLINES:
Shouldn’t Democrats Be Able to Condemn Genocide? Instead of acknowledging Israel’s genocide in Gaza, Dem politicians Mallory McMorrow and Andy Beshear complain about ‘purity tests’ and ‘litmus tests.’
Possible Democratic hopefuls say Israel must pay for its own missiles: New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani voiced his agreement with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), who announced on Tuesday that she would oppose all military aid to Israel. “I support what the Congresswoman said,” Mamdani said.
Ocasio-Cortez issued another statement regarding her new position, saying that Israel is “well able” to fund its Iron Dome system, which she defended in principle as “critical [in keeping] innocent civilians safe from rocket attacks and bombardment.”
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) joined in on Wednesday, signalling he would not support additional funding for Israel’s Iron Dome. “Israel is a first-world country,” Khanna said, “and it can pay for the defensive systems it needs.”
Former Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel made similar comments in an interview with Semafor’s Dave Weigel.
💥🇺🇸 US politician James Fishback says If christians are not welcome in Israel, NetanYahu will be not welcome in Florida. pic.twitter.com/ptk2Ge4Be3
— International Observer (@Intlobserver0) March 31, 2026
ICYMI, A SELECTION OF YESTERDAY’S HEADLINES:
IDF Confirms: AI Infrastructure Built in Gaza Now Active in Iran, Lebanon
Israeli invasion of Lebanon could be worse than 1982, warn European officials
A Gaza mother waits in agony: Did Israel kill her daughter, or arrest her?
After uprooting Palestinian hamlets, extremist settlers set sights on purge of entire West Bank
‘They already shoot us for no reason. Now they have a death penalty’
(Read yesterday’s daily update here.)
STATISTICS OCTOBER 7, 2023 – APRIL 1, 2026*:
- At least 73,424 Palestinians killed, 183,714 injured – including:
- At least 72,285 killed (~22,000 children, 33,000 women and girls), 172,028 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)
- 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 photshopping image of slain Lebanese journalist
- This is how Israel is systematically killing health workers under the cover of war in Lebanon
- Carrying life under fire: Israeli invasion of Lebanon leaves pregnant women facing deadly risks
- Why are Palestinian books struggling to be seen on Amazon?
- The Line Between Affinity and Conspiracy
- Will Trump Go Kamikaze?
- Is the University of Florida Shutting Down College Republicans over Israel Criticism?
