It has now been 918 days since Israel began its 2023 genocide on the Palestinian people. Below is a roundup of news from Friday, April 11, 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.”
The US is “in very deep negotiations” with Iran, President Donald Trump said Saturday, as a delegation led by Vice President JD Vance held hours of talks in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad. “They’ve been meeting for many hours,” Trump told journalists as he departed the White House. “We’ll see what happens. Look, regardless, we win. Regardless of what happens, we win.”
SUNDAY MORNING UPDATE:
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- 21-hour Iran-US negotiations in Islamabad end without agreement, no next round has been scheduled.
- Iran says US made “excessive and illogical demands” on nuclear program and Hormuz.
- US claims Iran rejected its “final and best offer” despite “significant flexibility.”
- IDF ordered to increase readiness after Iran talks fall apart.
140 heritage sites in Iran damaged in US-Israeli attacks: Culture minister says damage recorded across 20 provinces, with losses reaching $49M.
New Evidence Further Implicates U.S. Missiles in Strikes That Killed 21 Civilians in Iran: A new visual analysis by The New York Times and munitions experts has uncovered additional evidence showing that the weapons that struck a sports hall, a school and two residential areas in the Iranian city of Lamerd were U.S.-made Precision Strike Missiles, or PrSMs. The U.S. military has rejected the conclusions of earlier investigations, and has denied it was attacking there on the day in question, and has claimed the incoming weapon captured on video more closely resembled an Iranian cruise missile.
Contrary to Trump’s statements, Iran still possesses thousands of ballistic missiles that it could use by retrieving launchers from underground storage areas, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, US President Trump said on Friday that Iran’s military “is defeated, Their military is gone. We’ve degraded just about everything. They have very few missiles. They have very little manufacturing capability. We’ve hit them hard.” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has also said Iran’s missile program is “functionally destroyed,” with launchers and missiles largely depleted and ineffective.
The US has lost eight MQ-9 Reaper drones in the Middle East since April 1, raising the total number lost in the Iran conflict to 24, CBS reported. According to the recent report, the financial impact is estimated at around $720 million, since each Reaper drone can cost $30 million or more depending on the model.
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 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.)
Netanyahu vows escalation in Lebanon: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened further escalation Saturday in Lebanon, saying Israel would only agree to negotiations if Hezbollah is disarmed and a lasting peace agreement is reached. Warning of continued military action, Netanyahu said the war “is not over yet,” claiming Israel achieved “enormous achievements.”
Israeli military activity in Lebanon continues despite talks scheduled for next week: Israeli warplanes breach sound barrier over Beirut and southern Lebanon amid Saturday’s rare direct talks between Washington and Tehran in Pakistan.
SUNDAY MORNING UPDATE: Israeli raids kill more than 97 on Sunday as nationwide bombardment intensifies.
DEATH TOLL – WAR ON LEBANON (tentative):
- In Lebanon, at least 2,020 people have been killed (165 children, 248 women).
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.
Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip killed seven people on Saturday, including a journalist and a senior police officer, in the latest deadly violation of the ceasefire which has theoretically been in place since October last year. Several more people were wounded, four of them critically.
Gaza fiberglass homes aim to offer more ‘dignity’ for displaced: Aid workers in Gaza are building 4,000 fiberglass homes for displaced families, offering limited relief as nearly two million people remain in makeshift shelters in dire conditions.
DEATH TOLL – GAZA GENOCIDE (tentative):
- At least 749 since ceasefire began Oct. 11, 2025
- 72,328 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 Colonizers Kill a Palestinian Near Ramallah: Illegal Israeli colonizers shot and killed Ali Majed Hamadna, 23, on Saturday evening after invading the village of Deir Jarir, east of Ramallah in the central occupied West Bank, shooting him in the back.
Since the beginning of the Israeli military aggression against the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023, occupation forces and settlers have killed 1149 Palestinian citizens in the occupied West Bank, including 237 children and 28 women.
Israel imposes restrictions in East Jerusalem amid Orthodox Holy Saturday observances: Israeli forces turned parts of East Jerusalem, including Old City and Damascus Gate, into a militarized zone on Saturday, setting up checkpoints during Holy Saturday observances at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
Israeli Colonizers Attempt to Burn Home in Duma
West Bank Saturday Dawn Invasions and Abductions
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.
“I Want to Occupy”: Inside the Israeli Movement Pushing to Raze and Settle Southern Lebanon: In the communities closest to Israel’s northern border, residents argue the only way to keep themselves safe is to displace their Lebanese neighbors.
Israeli prison authorities are blocking hundreds of solidarity postcards being sent to female Palestinian prisoners: A global campaign led by churches and an Islamic center across 15 U.S. states is sending hundreds of solidarity postcards to female Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons, but Israeli prison authorities are blocking them from being delivered.
Israel kidnaps three people in latest raid on south Syria*: Israeli forces carried out a series of raids and incursions in southern Syria early on Saturday, abducting three civilians within hours in what local sources described as a new escalation of military activity inside Syrian territory.
*NOTE: Although Israel is not at war with Syria, the Israeli army has carried out over 1,000 airstrikes and 400 cross-border raids on Syria since December 2024. Israel has demanded the demilitarization of southern Syria, allegedly to prevent any “potential threat” from post-war Syria – but has vowed to stay permanently in what seems to be an informal border expansion.
Istanbul prosecutor files indictment against Netanyahu, 34 others over Gaza aid flotilla* attack: The indictment seeks aggravated life sentences as well as prison terms ranging from 1,102 years and 9 months to 4,596 years for each suspect on charges, including “crimes against humanity,” “genocide,” “deprivation of liberty,” “torture,” “damage to property,” “qualified looting,” and “obstructing, hijacking or detaining transportation vehicles.”
*NOTE: Read about the Gaza Flotilla 2025 missions here and here, and the deadly 2010 mission here; find out about the global flotilla movement here. News about this year’s flotilla below.
MORE NEWS & HEADLINES:
Global Sumud Flotilla sets sail again from Barcelona to Gaza with double participation: Barcelona-based flotilla, which last sailed in September with 42 boats, 462 people, will depart April 12 with almost double scale, with 70 boats, nearly 1,000 volunteers from 70 countries.
Over 500 arrested as hundreds gather to defy Palestine Action* ban in London: Hundreds of protesters set up camping chairs at the foot of the steps of Trafalgar Square, displaying handmade cardboard signs reading: “I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action.” The protesters – many of them grey-haired and frail – were seen being hauled away by police.
*NOTE: Read about the Palestine Action protest movement here, and recent news here.
ICYMI, A SELECTION OF YESTERDAY’S HEADLINES:
6 Months On, 7 Ways Israel Has Destroyed the Gaza Ceasefire
Israel orders confiscation of 8.1 acres of land in Nablus village – to benefit illegal settlers
‘I wished for death’: Sexual violence in Israel’s prisons is an ‘organized state policy’
US immigration appeals board decides Mahmoud Khalil can be deported
(Read yesterday’s daily update here.)
STATISTICS OCTOBER 7, 2023 – APRIL 11, 2026*:
- At least 73,477 Palestinians killed, 183,884 injured – including:
- Gaza: at least 72,328 killed (~22,000 children, 33,000 women and girls), 172,184 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 11, 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)
- Pro-Israel ‘Thinktanks’ and Individuals who Influence U.S. Foreign Policy
- Mearsheimer reveals how Israel dictates US policies on Iran, Gaza – video
- Military aid to Israel emerges as the latest political litmus test for Democrats
- The only Palestinian children’s rights organization closes following years-long Israeli campaign against it
- ‘I Can’t Forget the Smell’: Lebanese Reel After Israel Kills Over 300 in Single Day
- DNC Shoots Down Resolutions Calling Out AIPAC and Limiting Arms to Israel
- TCN: Is Israel Blackmailing President Trump?
- 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
