What ceasefire? Israel won’t stop killing in Gaza, Lebanon – Daily Update

News roundup for Monday, April 27, 2026, Day 934 since Israel began its 2023 genocide on the Palestinian people. 

Compilation of news reports – IAK staff

ISRAEL-US WAR/CEASEFIRE ON IRAN – NEWS & HEADLINES:

It can not be overemphasized that Israel is the impetus behind US policies and actions vis-a-vis Iran. 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 the US embroiled in a 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.”

One of the greatest tragedies of this war has been the deliberate targeting of Iran’s medical facilities: By targeting the century-old Pasteur Institute and the Tofigh Daru pharmaceutical complex, the US and Israel has erased decades of global research and innovation.

Iran Says Nearly Half of Iranians Killed by US-Israeli Bombing Campaign Were Civilians: An Iranian official said on Sunday that nearly half of the Iranians killed by the US-Israeli bombing campaign that lasted from February 28 to April 8 were civilians, as strikes pounded civilian targets throughout the war. An advisor at Iran’s Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs said that at least 3,468 were killed by the US-Israeli strikes, of which 1,460 were identified as civilians.

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 civilians, 254 children)
• Israel: 30 (including 16 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/CEASEFIRE ON LEBANON – NEWS & HEADLINES:

Israel has invaded Lebanon seven times in the last half century. Between 1978 and 2000, Israel maintained an 18-year occupation of southern Lebanon — Hezbollah was formed to fight that occupation.

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. (Read about UNIFIL, the UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon, here.)

At least four people were killed and 51 injured in Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon on Monday, the Health Ministry said. Israeli warplanes carried out airstrikes, shelling, and demolition operations.

UN reports ‘one of highest volumes’ of Israeli firing incidents south of Blue Line in Lebanon: Peacekeepers recorded on Monday 299 incidents of firing originating from Israeli forces, among highest since ceasefire took effect on April 17, a UN spokesperson says. UN peacekeepers in Lebanon (UNIFIL) observed one projectile, presumably from Hezbollah, intercepted by Israeli forces.

Israeli Defense Minister Threatens Lebanon With ‘Fire That Will Burn Entire Country’

DEATH TOLL – WAR ON LEBANON (tentative):

• Lebanon: at least 2,509 people have been killed (including 260 women, 177 children)

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.

Nine more Palestinians have been killed and 18 others injured in Gaza over the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry and medical sources said Monday, as Israel continued its ceasefire violations.

“As long as Israel continues providing these groups with weapons, training, and other support, their activities are likely to intensify”, Nasser Khdour, ACLED’s Middle East assistant manager, said, arguing this will make Hamas “even less willing to compromise on disarmament”.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Rats, Fleas and Endless Queues: Inside the Daily Misery of Gaza’s Tent Camps: “The Israeli authorities have approved the import of essential pesticides, insecticides, and equipment to support implementation of the plan,” the report stated. Who knows how long it will take between approval and the arrival of the materials.

DEATH TOLL – GAZA GENOCIDE (tentative):

• At least 818 since ceasefire began Oct. 11, 2025
• 72,593 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.)

Israel bans 2 prominent Palestinian preachers from Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque for 1 week: Sheikh Raed Salah called the Israeli ban “an assault on our religion” and “religious persecution”; Sheikh Kamal al-Khatib predicted that “next Sunday there will be a decision to extend the ban to six months by the Jerusalem District Police commander.”

‘The night guards’: Inside the grassroots network fighting back against Israeli settler attacks: Meet the grassroots network of Palestinian volunteers who spend their nights defending their West Bank villages from escalating Israeli settler violence.

Former Mossad Chief Compares West Bank Israeli Settler Violence* to That of Nazis During Holocaust: “My mother was a Holocaust survivor, and what I saw reminded me of the events that happened against Jews in the last century,” Pardo told Channel 13 news. “What I saw today made me feel ashamed to be Jewish.”

ISRAELI MEDIA: Israeli Settlers Set Fire to Isolated West Bank Palestinian Home, Attack Residents After Weeks of Harassment

Dozens Abducted in West Bank Invasions

Nablus: Colonizers Injure Two Palestinians, Set Fire to a Citizen’s Home

Israel Issues Demolition Orders in Jerusalem, Hebron

Occupation Forces Shoot a Child, Injure Others, Near Hebron

Ongoing Israeli Invasion of North Jerusalem

DEATH TOLL – WEST BANK/EAST JERUSALEM (tentative):

• At least 1,156 killed (~240 children) since Oct. 7, 2023
• More statistics below

Another video has emerged of Israeli soldiers detaining a child. The incident occurred in the Old City of Nablus, a site of continued Israeli violence against Palestinians.

Israeli army forces raided Nablus city and the Qalandia refugee camp in the West Bank on Monday.

Just… pic.twitter.com/QsLCIBjVIa

— The New Arab (@The_NewArab) April 27, 2026

Since the early morning hours, Israeli forces have been carrying out a large-scale detention campaign and raids in the towns of Al-Ram and Kafr Aqab, as well as Qalandia refugee camp, north of occupied Jerusalem.

The offensive involved dozens of home searches, and so far led to… pic.twitter.com/Vs0kxoBesI

— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) April 27, 2026

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 MEDIA: New opposition ticket that wants to topple Netanyahu is also Jewish supremacist: “The Arab parties* are not Zionist and therefore we will not rely on them,” Bennett said.  It is a sign of moral poverty for a camp that waves the flags of democracy and liberalism. We shouldn’t normalize the idea of a “Zionist” opposition to cover up its ambition to establish a purely Jewish government. There is no democracy without Arabs [i.e. Palestinians].

*NOTE: This is yet more proof of Israel’s apartheid framework, which encompasses most of the political spectrum. Israeli apartheid extends in various forms across Gaza, the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and inside Israel (where 21% 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 , the UN Special Rapporteur on Palestine, the International Court of Justice, the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), and Harvard Law School’s International Human Rights Clinic.

MORE NEWS & HEADLINES:

In 2025, governments worldwide allocated an all-time high of $2.887 trillion to military spending, according to the most recent report from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) published on 27 April. The US remained the largest military spender at $954 billion, despite a 7.5 percent decline compared to 2024, with SIPRI attributing the drop to the absence of new military aid for Ukraine after $127 billion had been approved over the previous three years.

(Read yesterday’s daily update here.)

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STATISTICS OCTOBER 7, 2023 – APRIL 27, 2026*:

• At least 73,750 Palestinians killed, 184,081 injured – including:
• Gaza: at least 72,594 killed (~22,000 children, 33,000 women and girls), 172,399 injured
• West Bank/East Jerusalem: at least 1,156 killed (~240 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 27, 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.

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