ΖΩΝΤΑΝΑ: Άνδρας πεθαίνει στις ισραηλινές φυλακές καθώς οι Παλαιστίνιοι γιορτάζουν την Ημέρα των Κρατουμένων
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- Ένας 20χρονος άνδρας πέθανε σε μια ισραηλινή φυλακή καθώς οι Παλαιστίνιοι γιορτάζουν την Ημέρα του Κρατουμένου με πορείες στην κατεχόμενη Δυτική Όχθη και την Ανατολική Ιερουσαλήμ.
- Ιατρικές πηγές δήλωσαν στο Al Jazeera ότι τουλάχιστον 35 άνθρωποι έχουν σκοτωθεί στις ισραηλινές επιθέσεις στη Γάζα από τα ξημερώματα της Τετάρτης, και περισσότερες καταστροφικές επιθέσεις έχουν αναφερθεί τις τελευταίες ώρες.
- πριν από 12 μέτρα( 09:30 GMT )
Παλαιστίνιος, 20 ετών, πεθαίνει στη φυλακή του Ισραήλ
Ο Μουσάμπ Χασάν Αντίλι, ένας 20χρονος Παλαιστίνιος από την κατεχόμενη πόλη της Ναμπλούς στη Δυτική Όχθη, πέθανε το βράδυ της Τετάρτης στο νοσοκομείο Soroka του Ισραήλ, ανέφερε η Κοινωνία Παλαιστινίων Κρατουμένων.
Ο Adili είχε τεθεί υπό κράτηση τον Μάρτιο του περασμένου έτους και καταδικάστηκε σε 13 μήνες φυλάκιση στο Ισραήλ. Υποτίθεται ότι θα αποφυλακιζόταν σε λίγες μέρες, είπε η οικογένειά του.
Ο θάνατός του ανεβάζει τον αριθμό των Παλαιστινίων κρατουμένων που έχασαν τη ζωή τους στις ισραηλινές φυλακές σε 64 από την επίθεση της 7ης Οκτωβρίου 2023 από τη Χαμάς.
- πριν 27 μ( 09:15 GMT )
Ισραηλινό drone ακούστηκε ξανά στον ουρανό της Βηρυτού
Οι κάτοικοι της πρωτεύουσας του Λιβάνου μπορούν και πάλι να ακούσουν το χαμηλό βουητό ενός ισραηλινού αναγνωριστικού drone, μετά από περίπου μία εβδομάδα απουσίας, αναφέρει η ομάδα μας στο έδαφος.
Κατά τη διάρκεια του πολέμου του Ισραήλ με τη Χεζμπολάχ, το drone ήταν συνεχής παρουσία, προκαλώντας άγχος και άγχος στον πληθυσμό καθώς άντεχε τους ισραηλινούς βομβαρδισμούς.
Από την εκεχειρία του Νοεμβρίου, το drone έκανε μόνο περιοδικές εμφανίσεις, μερικές φορές πριν από επιθέσεις στην πρωτεύουσα, η τελευταία από τις οποίες έγινε στις αρχές αυτού του μήνα και στόχευε αυτό που το Ισραήλ είπε ότι ήταν μέλος της Χεζμπολάχ που συντονιζόταν με τη Χαμάς.
Χθες το βράδυ, ισραηλινά πολεμικά αεροσκάφη έσπασαν το φράγμα του ήχου στους ουρανούς πάνω από τη Βηρυτό, προκαλώντας μια εκκωφαντική έκρηξη που τραντάζει τα τζάμια των κτιρίων.
Διαφήμιση - πριν 42 μ( 09:00 GMT )
Υπάρχει μια έκρηξη ισραηλινών αεροπορικών επιδρομών σε αυτοσχέδιους καταυλισμούς σκηνών στη Γάζα
Ο τελευταίος γύρος ισραηλινών επιθέσεων αποκάλυψε την ευπάθεια των παλαιστινιακών κοινοτήτων σε αυτό το νότιο τμήμα της Λωρίδας της Γάζας, καθώς η ισραηλινή αεροπορία έπληξε μια ομάδα σκηνών στο Khan Younis, σκοτώνοντας τουλάχιστον 10 Παλαιστίνιους και τραυματίζοντας επτά, σύμφωνα με τοπικούς υγειονομικούς αξιωματούχους.
Δήλωσαν επίσης ότι μεταξύ των νεκρών ήταν και ένα παιδί με ειδικές ανάγκες που κάηκε ζωντανό στη φωτιά που τύλιξε τις σκηνές, καθώς γείτονές του και άνθρωποι που ζούσαν σε παρακείμενες σκηνές έσπευσαν για να σβήσουν τη φωτιά και να ελέγξουν την κατάσταση.
Οι τραυματίες της επίθεσης λαμβάνουν τώρα περίθαλψη στο Νοσοκομείο Nasser και υφίστανται σοβαρά τραύματα και εγκαύματα που απαιτούν επείγουσα ιατρική φροντίδα, η οποία είναι ελάχιστα διαθέσιμη.
Οι επιθέσεις σε τέτοιους αυτοσχέδιους καταυλισμούς σκηνών έχουν προκαλέσει την καταδίκη από ομάδες ανθρωπίνων δικαιωμάτων, οι οποίες έχουν επανειλημμένα προειδοποιήσει ότι τέτοιες επιθέσεις ενδέχεται να παραβιάζουν σοβαρά το διεθνές δίκαιο.
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Ο ισραηλινός στρατός λέει ότι έπληξε στόχο της Χεζμπολάχ στο νότιο Λίβανο
Σε μήνυμά του στο κανάλι του Telegram, ο στρατός ανέφερε ότι το χτύπημα έγινε κατά τη διάρκεια της νύχτας.
«Η Χεζμπολάχ εκμεταλλεύεται κυνικά τις αστικές υποδομές για τρομοκρατικούς σκοπούς και χρησιμοποιεί τους κατοίκους του Λιβάνου ως ανθρώπινες ασπίδες», ανέφερε.
Η επίθεση έλαβε χώρα καθώς ισραηλινά αεροσκάφη έσπασαν το φράγμα του ήχου το βράδυ της Τετάρτης, προκαλώντας μια δυνατή ηχητική έκρηξη που ακούστηκε στην πρωτεύουσα, Βηρυτό.
Το Ισραήλ συνεχίζει να επιτίθεται στον Λίβανο, ειδικά στα νότια και ανατολικά του, παραβιάζοντας την εκεχειρία του Νοεμβρίου που έληξε περισσότερο από έναν χρόνο πολέμου με τη Χεζμπολάχ. Σύμφωνα με τη συμφωνία, και τα δύο μέρη συμφώνησαν να αποσυρθούν από τον νότιο Λίβανο και να αντικατασταθούν από τον λιβανικό στρατό.
Όμως το Ισραήλ κατηγορεί την ένοπλη ομάδα ότι δεν έχει διαλύσει όλες τις υποδομές της στο νότο, ενώ το Ισραήλ έχει αποσύρει μόνο εν μέρει τα στρατεύματά του, αφήνοντας στρατιώτες σε πέντε τοποθεσίες στην περιοχή.
Την Τετάρτη, η λιβανική προεδρία κατηγόρησε το Ισραήλ ότι παρεμπόδισε την ανάπτυξη του στρατού στο νότο συνεχίζοντας τις επιθέσεις του.
- πριν 1 ώρα( 08:30 GMT )
Ισραηλινό σωφρονιστικό σύστημα σχεδιασμένο για να συντρίψει την ανθεκτικότητα της Παλαιστίνης
Ο Ubai Al-Aboudi, διευθυντής του Κέντρου Έρευνας και Ανάπτυξης Bisan, που εδρεύει στη Ραμάλα, στην κατεχόμενη Δυτική Όχθη, λέει ότι το ισραηλινό σύστημα φυλακών στοχεύει να υποτάξει τον παλαιστινιακό λαό.
«Όταν έχετε τα στατιστικά στοιχεία ότι ένας στους πέντε Παλαιστίνιους έχει συλληφθεί και καταλαβαίνετε ότι το 50 τοις εκατό του πληθυσμού μας είναι παιδιά κάτω των 18 ετών – αυτό σημαίνει ότι περίπου ένας στους δύο ενήλικες έχει συλληφθεί, υποταχθεί και ποινικοποιηθεί από τις ισραηλινές αρχές», είπε ο Al-Aboudi στο Al Jazeera.
Ο στόχος, είπε ο Αλ-Αμπούντι, ο οποίος είχε τεθεί υπό κράτηση το 2019, είναι να σπάσει η παλαιστινιακή ανθεκτικότητα.
«Μόνο στις ισραηλινές φυλακές θα βρείτε γιατρούς, καθηγητές, ακαδημαϊκούς, φυσικούς – το creme de la creme της παλαιστινιακής κοινωνίας των πολιτών στοχοποιείται, φυλακίζεται επειδή το Ισραήλ δεν θέλει κανένα είδος παλαιστινιακής υπηρεσίας, καμία παλαιστινιακή συλλογική υπηρεσία, κανένα είδος παλαιστινιακής ηγεσίας», είπε.
- πριν 1 ώρα( 08:15 GMT )
Φωτογραφίες: Ο απόηχος της ισραηλινής επίθεσης σε καταυλισμό σκηνών στο Khan Younis
Οι Παλαιστίνιοι επιθεωρούν τις ζημιές μετά από μια ισραηλινή αεροπορική επίθεση σε σκηνές που φιλοξενούσαν εκτοπισμένους αμάχους στο Khan Younis, στη Γάζα, στις 17 Απριλίου 2025 [Ali Jadallah/Anadolu] 
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[Ali Jadallah/Anadolu] - πριν 1 ώρα( 08:00 GMT )
Γρήγορα γεγονότα: Το συγκρότημα του τζαμιού Al-Aqsa
Έχουμε αναφέρει πώς Ισραηλινοί άποικοι εισέβαλαν τακτικά στο συγκρότημα κατά τη διάρκεια της εβραϊκής εορτής του Πάσχα, τώρα στην πέμπτη ημέρα.
Ακολουθούν μερικά γρήγορα στοιχεία για τον ιερό τόπο:
- Για τους Μουσουλμάνους, το συγκρότημα, γνωστό και ως το Ευγενές Ιερό, φιλοξενεί τον τρίτο ιερότερο χώρο του Ισλάμ, το Τζαμί Al-Aqsa και τον Θόλο του Βράχου, ένα ιερό του έβδομου αιώνα που πιστεύεται ότι είναι το σημείο όπου ο Προφήτης Μωάμεθ ανέβηκε στον ουρανό.
- Οι Εβραίοι αναφέρονται στο συγκρότημα του τζαμιού Al-Aqsa ως Όρος του Ναού . Μερικοί πιστεύουν ότι εκεί βρισκόταν ο πρώτος και ο δεύτερος αρχαίος εβραϊκός ναός.
- Το Δυτικό Τείχος του συγκροτήματος, γνωστό ως Τείχος των Δακρύων για τους Εβραίους, πιστεύεται από αυτούς ότι είναι το τελευταίο απομεινάρι του Δεύτερου Ναού, ενώ οι Μουσουλμάνοι το αναφέρουν ως Τείχος al-Buraq και πιστεύουν ότι είναι όπου ο Προφήτης Μωάμεθ έδεσε το al-Buraq, το ζώο πάνω στο οποίο ανέβηκε στον ουρανό και μίλησε στον Θεό. Σήμερα το πρωί, χιλιάδες έποικοι φέρεται να έχουν κάνει θρησκευτικές τελετουργίες στο τείχος.
- Το συγκρότημα βρίσκεται στην κατεχόμενη Παλιά Πόλη της Ιερουσαλήμ , η οποία έχει χαρακτηριστεί Μνημείο Παγκόσμιας Κληρονομιάς από την πολιτιστική υπηρεσία του ΟΗΕ, την UNESCO.
- Η εισβολή στο συγκρότημα από Ισραηλινούς εποίκους είναι τακτικό φαινόμενο, παρόλο που η είσοδος σε οποιοδήποτε μέρος του απαγορεύεται για τους Εβραίους λόγω της ιερής φύσης του χώρου, σύμφωνα με τον εβραϊκό νόμο.
(Al Jazeera) Διαφήμιση - πριν 1 ώρα( 07:55 GMT )
Ένας νεκρός στη γειτονιά Tuffah της Γάζας
Οι συνάδελφοί μας αναφέρουν ότι ένας Παλαιστίνιος σκοτώθηκε σε ισραηλινή επίθεση στη συνοικία Tuffah στα ανατολικά της πόλης της Γάζας.
Αναφέρουν επίσης ότι τραυματίστηκαν άνθρωποι σε βομβαρδισμούς του ισραηλινού πυροβολικού κοντά στην Jabalia, επίσης στα βόρεια της Λωρίδας.
Θα σας φέρουμε περισσότερες πληροφορίες μόλις τις λάβουμε.
- πριν 1 ώρα( 07:45 GMT )
Οι ισραηλινές αρχές αρνούνται τις αποστολές του ΟΗΕ για επείγουσα παράδοση ανθρωπιστικής βοήθειας στη Γάζα
Οι ισραηλινές αρχές συνεχίζουν να αρνούνται τις προγραμματισμένες από τον ΟΗΕ αποστολές για να επιτραπεί η ανθρωπιστική βοήθεια στη Γάζα καθώς ο ισραηλινός αποκλεισμός στη Λωρίδα εισέρχεται πλέον στην έβδομη εβδομάδα του, δήλωσε η αναπληρώτρια εκπρόσωπος του Γενικού Γραμματέα Στέφανι Τρέμπλεϊ.
Μιλώντας σε δημοσιογράφους, ο Τρέμπλεϊ είπε ότι μόνο δύο από τις έξι προγραμματισμένες ανθρωπιστικές κινήσεις που συντονίστηκαν με τις ισραηλινές αρχές διευκολύνθηκαν την Τετάρτη. «Οι υπόλοιποι τέσσερις αρνήθηκαν, συμπεριλαμβανομένης μιας αποστολής για την ανάκτηση καυσίμων από τη Ράφα, η οποία είναι επειγόντως απαραίτητη», είπε.
Από τον Μάρτιο, το Ισραήλ σταμάτησε εντελώς τη βοήθεια που εισέρχεται στη Λωρίδα, διέκοψε την παροχή ηλεκτρικού ρεύματος, επέκτεινε τις στρατιωτικές του επιχειρήσεις στο έδαφος και συνέχισε τους βομβαρδισμούς του θύλακα, βυθίζοντας τους Παλαιστίνιους στη χειρότερη ανθρωπιστική κρίση από την έναρξη του πολέμου τον Οκτώβριο του 2023, ανέφερε ο ΟΗΕ.
Οι προοπτικές βελτίωσης της κατάστασης φαίνονται ελάχιστες. Την Τετάρτη, ο Ισραηλινός υπουργός Άμυνας Ισραήλ Κατς δήλωσε ότι δεν θα επιτραπεί καμία ανθρωπιστική βοήθεια στη Λωρίδα και ότι τα ισραηλινά στρατεύματα θα σταθμεύουν επ' αόριστον στις λεγόμενες «ζώνες ασφαλείας» στη Γάζα.
- πριν 2 ώρες( 07:30 GMT )
Έποικοι εισέβαλαν στο τζαμί Αλ Άκσα
Οι συνάδελφοί μας στο Al Jazeera Arabic, επικαλούμενοι τοπικές πηγές, αναφέρουν ότι δεκάδες Ισραηλινοί έποικοι εισέβαλαν στο συγκρότημα του τζαμιού Al-Aqsa , τον τρίτο ιερότερο χώρο του Ισλάμ, στην κατεχόμενη Ανατολική Ιερουσαλήμ.
Οι έποικοι είναι Ισραηλινοί πολίτες που ζουν παράνομα σε ιδιωτική παλαιστινιακή γη στην κατεχόμενη Δυτική Όχθη.
Οι άποικοι φέρεται να έκαναν θρησκευτικές τελετουργίες υπό την προστασία των ισραηλινών δυνάμεων.
Σύμφωνα με τις ρυθμίσεις του status quo της Ιερουσαλήμ, οι μη μουσουλμάνοι δεν επιτρέπεται να προσκυνούν στο συγκρότημα.
Υπήρξαν επανειλημμένες επιδρομές εποίκων στο συγκρότημα κατά τη διάρκεια της εβραϊκής εορτής του Πάσχα, η οποία είναι τώρα στην πέμπτη ημέρα της.
Άποψη drone του συγκροτήματος του τζαμιού Al-Aqsa [Ilan Rosenberg/Reuters] - 3h ago(07:15 GMT)
‘Palestinian journalists continue to do heroic work, paying a heavy price’: UNRWA chief
Philippe Lazzarini says that Israel’s ban on the entry of international media to Gaza to report independently “is fueling propaganda, disinformation & the spread of dehumanisation”.
In a post on X, he stated, “Palestinian journalists continue to do heroic work, paying a heavy price. 170 have been killed to date. Meanwhile, credible accounts & eye witness testimonies from relief organisations are being discredited [and] questioned.
“The free flow of information & independent reporting are key to facts & accountability during conflicts. Gaza should be no exception. Time is overdue to get international media into Gaza,” he wrote.
- 3h ago(07:05 GMT)
One killed in Nuseirat refugee camp
Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic are reporting that one person has been killed and others injured in an Israeli drone strike on the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.
We will bring you more information as we get it.
- 3h ago(07:00 GMT)
A nation behind bars: Why has Israel imprisoned 10,000 Palestinians?
On April 17 every year, Palestinian Prisoners’ Day is commemorated to highlight the plight of those held in Israeli jails and their struggle for freedom against Israel’s continued occupation of their land.
The day marks the 1974 release of Mahmoud Bakr Hijazi, the first Palestinian freed in a prisoner swap with Israel. It was later designated to honour all Palestinian prisoners and highlight Israel’s ongoing detention of Palestinians and violations of their rights.
There are currently nearly 10,000 Palestinians held in jails in Israel and the occupied territory, according to prisoners’ rights group Addameer. To Palestinians, they are political prisoners who must be freed.
Read everything you need to know on why tens of thousands of Palestinians have been imprisoned by Israeli forces here.
- 4h ago(06:45 GMT)
WATCH: Journalists in France denounce killing of colleagues in Gaza
Hundreds of journalists in France have protested in the capital, Paris, calling for an end to the killing of their colleagues in Gaza as a result of Israel’s relentless bombardment.
The Israeli military has killed nearly 200 journalists since launching its war on the Strip in October 2023.
Al Jazeera’s Hashem Ahelbarra reports:
France solidarity protest: Journalists denounce killing of colleagues in Gaza - 4h ago(06:30 GMT)
What’s happening in the occupied West Bank?
In tandem with the near-constant bombardment of Gaza, Israeli forces are continuing violent raids across the occupied West Bank.
Here are some of the latest reports coming in:
- Israeli forces have made a series of arrests during a raid on the town of Tammun, south of Tubas.
- Israeli forces have arrested a young Palestinian man during a raid on the town of Qabatiya, south of Jenin.
- Israeli forces have closed the main streets in the town of as-Samu, south of Hebron.
- Israeli forces have stormed the Beit Ummar village, north of Hebron.
- Clashes have also broken out between Palestinian youths and Palestinian Authority security forces in the Am’ari refugee camp in the city of el-Bireh.
- 4h ago(06:15 GMT)
Israeli opposition leader says Israel ‘must’ attack Iran’s nuclear facilities
Earlier, we reported that President Trump blocked a planned Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear sites in favour of negotiating a nuclear deal with Tehran, according to unnamed White House officials.
Responding to that story, National Unity party leader Benny Gantz has said Israel “must and can strike Iran”.
“The Iranian Regime are experts at stalling,” Gantz said in a post on X. “The State of Israel must, and can remove the prospect of Iranian nuclear capabilities.”
“Coordinating closely with our great ally the United States, it is time to change the Middle East,” he added.
- 4h ago(06:00 GMT)
PIJ accuses international community of ‘double standard’ towards Palestinian prisoners
Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) has called out what it says is the “clear and shameless double standard” of those demanding the release of Israeli captives in Gaza but staying silent as thousands of Palestinians languish in Israel’s jails, including women and children.
In a statement marking Palestinian Prisoners’ Day today, PIJ said the “international community is tarnished by its silence regarding the suffering of tens of thousands of Palestinian prisoners, which has continued for decades”.
Of the nearly 10,000 Palestinians that support groups say are held in Israeli prisons, 3,498 are held without charge or trial under what’s known as “administrative detention”.
PIJ said that 400 children and almost 30 women are among those held, while some 2,000 people from Gaza have been arrested by Israeli forces since October 7, 2023 and that 63 prisoners have died in Israeli jails from medical negligence and torture.
According to PIJ, the October 7 attacks on Israel were launched “primarily to impose a genuine prisoner exchange deal that would free prisoners from the occupation’s prisons and alleviate the suffering of our people”.
“Their liberation has become an unwavering goal in the battle for dignity and freedom,” it said.
Israel releases 10 Palestinian detainees; freed men report abuse Advertisement - 5h ago(05:45 GMT)
LISTEN: Held without justice – a look inside Israeli prisons
As Israel continues its assault on Gaza and military raids in the occupied West Bank, thousands of Palestinians – including children – remain in Israeli prisons, many without charge.
It’s not a new phenomenon, more than 800,000 Palestinians have been imprisoned by Israel since the occupation began in 1967.
On the 51st Palestinian Prisoners’ Day, we spoke to a former prisoner about his experience.
Listen to this episode of Al Jazeera’s The Take podcast:
- 5h ago(05:30 GMT)
China, Malaysia issue joint statement reaffirming support for Palestinian state
Following Wednesday’s official visit to Malaysia by Chinese President Xi Jinping, the two countries have released a joint statement calling on Israel and Hamas to “continuously and effectively implement the Gaza ceasefire agreement”.
According to the statement, discussions between Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and President Xi saw the leaders stress “that Gaza belongs to the Palestinian people and it is an inalienable part of the territory of Palestine”.
The pair also reaffirmed the “important principle” of “Palestinians governing Palestine” in post-conflict Gaza, and “opposed the forced displacement of the people of Gaza”.
- 5h ago(05:15 GMT)
Minister confirms Israeli policy of ‘no food, no water, no aid for Gaza’
Al Jazeera is reporting from Jordan because it has been banned from Israel and the occupied West Bank.
Another thing that the Israeli defence minister said is that the Israeli policy of starvation is official and it will continue.
Israel will not allow humanitarian assistance to come into Gaza. It will not allow UN humanitarian organisations to distribute food, despite warnings that full-fledged famine is about to set in.
And Israel also said that it wants to institute, at some point, some sort of different mechanism where it can decide who would receive humanitarian aid. Already we have heard from the United Nations that this is something that cannot be acceptable.
I’ve talked to some of my sources in UN agencies who say Israel wants to vet the beneficiaries, people who would be receiving that aid and to decide ahead of time if they can receive it or not. They said they simply cannot take part in that.
But that is basically where we are at.
This is the official Israeli policy: no food, no water, no aid for Gaza, while Israel takes more and more of the territory’s land.
Palestinians, including children struggling with hunger, receive hot meals distributed by Turkish charities at a refugee camp in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza, on April 15, 2025 [Ashraf Amra/Anadolu Agency] - 5h ago(05:00 GMT)
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Here’s what you need to know:
- Israeli attacks have continued across the Gaza Strip over recent hours, including a strike on a tent in the Jabalia area in the north of the Strip which has killed at least seven people, including children.
- Gaza only has enough food to last a month, with discussions under way about creating “stationary aid centres” under Israeli military control, according to Israel’s Kan public broadcaster.
- US fighter jets have carried out more attacks across Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen, bombing al-Munira district in Hodeidah province twice, according to Houthi-affiliated media.
- Harvard University will lose its ability to enrol foreign students if it does not meet the Trump administration’s demands to provide information on some visa holders, the US Department of Homeland Security has warned.
- President Trump blocked a planned Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear sites in favour of negotiating a nuclear deal with Tehran, The New York Times reports, citing unnamed White House officials.
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WATCH: Palestinians mark Prisoners’ Day with solidarity marches for those in Israeli jails
As Palestinians are set to mark Prisoners’ Day on Thursday, human rights organisations warn that inmates inside Israeli prisons are subject to some of the worst conditions worldwide.
Palestinian detainees aren’t allowed visits from their family, lawyers or doctors, and former detainees recount stories of torture, abuse and starvation by Israeli prison authorities.
Al Jazeera’s Imran Khan reports:
Palestinians mark prisoners' day: Solidarity marches for those held in Israeli jails Advertisement - 6h ago(04:30 GMT)
Israeli gunboats, air strikes pound Gaza in early morning attacks: Reports
Local Palestinian media outlet report that Israeli attacks have intensified in the Gaza Strip since dawn broke with Israeli gunboat stationed off the territory’s coast firing on the west of Gaza City.
Shortly afterwards, air strikes were also reported on Gaza City’s eastern neighbourhoods while in the south, Israeli artillery shelling was pounding Rafah city northern areas and locations in nearby Khan Younis.
There were no initial reports of casualties from these latest attack.
We will bring you more as soon as information emerges.
An Israeli navy warship sails off the coast of the war-torn Gaza Strip on January 4, 2024 [Jack Guez/AFP] - 6h ago(04:15 GMT)
Only enough food in Gaza to last another month: Report
We have been reporting on Wednesday’s comments by Defence Minister Israel Katz, who said the Israeli military will continue to block humanitarian aid from entering Gaza in order to pressure Hamas to surrender.
Israel’s Kan public broadcaster, citing unnamed defence establishment figures, now reports that Gaza only has enough food to last a month.
The outlet also said that “discussions are under way” within the Israeli military on “how to bring in humanitarian aid without it reaching Hamas”.
One proposal reportedly being examined is “stationary aid centres” established “under the management of international organisations and within the security envelope” of the Israeli military, according to Kan.
A Palestinian child named Osama Kamal al-Rakab struggles for survival as he suffers from malnutrition in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, on April 14, 2025 [Hani Alshaer/Anadolu Agency] - 6h ago(04:00 GMT)
Israeli defence minister confirms ‘annexation’ plan for Gaza
Al Jazeera is reporting from Jordan because it has been banned from Israel and the occupied West Bank.
The Israeli minister of defence basically affirmed that annexation was part of Israel’s military strategy and he said it’s not just in Gaza. It’s in Lebanon. It’s in Syria.
Israeli troops will stay indefinitely in so-called security zones, or buffer zones that are created on someone else’s land.
One could also make the argument that the same it being done in Tulkarem and Jenin in the occupied West Bank, where the troops have also been ordered to stay indefinitely after destroying the refugee camps there.
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz, left, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a visit to the northern Gaza Strip, on April 15, 2025 [Handout/Israel Government Press Office/AFP] - 7h ago(03:45 GMT)
Trump administration says Harvard may not be allowed to enrol foreign students
Harvard University will lose its ability to enrol foreign students if it does not meet the Trump administration’s demands to provide information on some visa holders, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has warned.
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said on Wednesday that she wrote a letter to Harvard demanding records on the “illegal and violent activities” of foreign student visa holders by April 30.
“If Harvard cannot verify it is in full compliance with its reporting requirements, the university will lose the privilege of enrolling foreign students,” she said.
Noem also announced the termination of two DHS grants totalling more than $2.7m to Harvard.
Harvard has pushed back against the Trump administration, which has taken punitive measures against several major US colleges, including cutting federal funding, over their handling of pro-Palestine campus protests.
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WATCH: 1 killed in US-led air strikes as Yemen hit 68 times in 24 hours
Yemen’s capital Sanaa has come under heavy bombardment, with at least 68 US-led airstrikes reported in the past 24 hours. On Wednesday alone, 18 strikes were launched, killing at least one person.
Al Jazeera’s Mohammed al Attab reports:
One killed in US-led air strikes as Yemen hit 68 times in 24 hours Advertisement - 7h ago(03:15 GMT)
Israeli ‘buffer zone’ in Gaza a guise for ‘massive’ ethnic cleansing
The Israeli military veterans’ activist group Breaking the Silence has said that Israel’s so-called “buffer zone” in Gaza was nothing more than “ethnic cleansing on a massive scale”.
Noting that the zone established by the Israeli military now encompasses some 36 percent of the entire territory of the Gaza Strip, Breaking the Silence said the zone is not about security but “control”.
“Displacement and destruction don’t create security,” the group said.
“Making it permanent means one thing: ethnic cleansing on a massive scale”.
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Editor’s Choice: What to read and watch right now
Here are a few highlights we have published over the past day on Israel’s war on Gaza and related conflicts across the region:
- Watch: US envoy to Hamas – ‘can’t deal’ with people holding captives
- The region: Israel says its troops will remain in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria indefinitely
- Investigation: See video evidence of Israeli soldiers destroying Gaza
- Watch: ‘Die-in’ held in Paris to protest killing of Palestinian journalists
And there’s plenty more here.
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Trump opposed a planned Israeli strike on Iranian nuclear sites: Report
US President Donald Trump blocked a planned Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear sites in favour of negotiating a nuclear deal with Tehran.
The New York Times, citing unnamed Trump administration officials, said Israel had developed plans to attack the sites in May with the goal of pushing back Iran’s ability to develop a nuclear weapon by a year or more.
US assistance would have been required to ensure the attack was successful and defend Israel against retaliation, according to the report.
Iran has confirmed that the next round of ongoing nuclear talks with the US this weekend will be held in Rome after negotiations were conducted in Oman last weekend.
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Photos: Journalists rally in Paris over colleagues killed in Gaza, Eiffel Tower illuminated
Journalists and press freedom activists gathered on the steps of the Opera Bastille in Paris, France, to pay tribute to almost 200 Palestinian journalists killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza [Umit Donmez/Anadolu] 
Organised by major French press unions and supported by various media outlets and human rights organisations, the protesters called for an immediate halt to Israel’s attacks on media workers in Gaza and demanded access to the territory for international journalists [Umit Donmez/Anadolu] 
[Umit Donmez/Anadolu] 
The word ‘peace’ is projected onto the Eiffel Tower in Paris to draw attention to Palestinians killed in Israel’s war on Gaza, on April 16, 2025 [Mohamad Salaheldin Abdelg Alsayed/Anadolu] 
People hold signs calling for a ceasefire and peace in Gaza in Paris, France, on Wednesday evening [Mohamad Salaheldin Abdelg Alsayed/Anadolu] - 8h ago(02:15 GMT)
Acute malnutrition surges among Gaza’s children as Israeli blockade leads to severe food shortages
The UN’s humanitarian affairs agency’s (OCHA) update on the situation in Gaza paints a dire picture amid escalating attacks by Israeli forces and severe food shortages due to the Israeli military’s punitive blockade on all aid entering the war-torn territory.
“Food consumption in Gaza has sharply deteriorated due to the blockade on the entry of humanitarian aid and other critical supplies now in its seventh week,” OCHA said. “Consumption of key food groups – such as meat, poultry, dairy, vegetables, and fruits – remains critically low,” it added.
According to OCHA, in March, 3,696 Palestinian children were newly admitted for acute malnutrition, which marked a stark increase compared with the number in February, which was 2,027.
Lack of access to water in Gaza is also fuelling “a severe survival crisis with far-reaching public health and protection consequences. Water is essential for survival, yet access to safe water has become dangerously limited,” the OCHA report states.
Palestinian child Osama Kamal al-Rakab suffers from malnutrition in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, on April 14, 2025 [Hani Alshaer/Anadolu] Advertisement - 8h ago(02:00 GMT)
Israeli military carries out raids in West Bank cities, towns
The Israeli military has carried out raids in locations across the occupied West Bank over recent hours, including:
- Al-Mukhfiya neighbourhood in the city of Nablus
- The city of Tubas
- The town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron
Clashes have also broken out between Palestinian youths and Palestinian Authority (PA) security forces in the Am’ari refugee camp in the city of el-Bireh.
Translation: Clashes erupt between youths and PA security forces in the Am’ari camp in the city of el-Bireh.
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WATCH: Gaza ceasefire only possible after full release of captives, says US Envoy
The US special envoy for hostage affairs, Adam Boehler, has told Al Jazeera that a ceasefire in Gaza will only be possible once all the captives being held by Hamas in the Palestinian enclave are released.
Boehler’s statement comes as ceasefire negotiations continue amid the Israeli military’s intense renewed assault on Gaza. The envoy emphasised that Hamas releasing the remaining captives remains a non-negotiable precondition for any lasting truce.
Watch below:
Gaza ceasefire only possible after full release of captives: US Envoy - 9h ago(01:30 GMT)
World is watching as another ‘week of horror’ passes in Gaza: UN
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has warned that the atrocities being committed daily in Gaza cannot become “normalised” as they unfold while the “world is watching”.
Listing the events in another “week of horror” in Gaza, OCHA offers a summary including that four attacks on humanitarian aid convoys by looters took place over three days; a UN-run fuel station was destroyed in an attack; how Israel forces gave just a 20-minute deadline for the forced evacuation of an entire hospital, which led to the death of a child.
OCHA said that “day after day” civilians are killed, hospitals attacked, no aid has entered the war-torn territory in weeks, and families are “shattered”.
“This must stop. This must not be normalised,” OCHA said.
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US military carries out more air strikes on Yemen
Houthi-affiliated media outlet Al Masirah TV reports that US fighter jets have carried out more attacks across Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen, bombing al-Munira district in Hodeidah province twice over recent hours.
No casualties have been reported so far. We will bring you more information when we have it.
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Reports of Israeli forces demolishing structures in southern Gaza ‘buffer zone’
We need to remind our viewers that the Israeli military is still operating in southern Rafah and expanding the so-called “buffer zone”.
Witnesses, living close to the area where the Israeli military is operating in, report on the constant bombardment that could be heard due to the demolition process and operations that are taking place.
The Israeli military is saying that they are controlling 30 percent of the Gaza Strip … a sign of the unprecedented escalation and the significant deterioration that is taking place here in Gaza.
All of this is taking place in light of the ongoing, suffocating Israeli siege on Gaza, where no food, no water, no medicine is getting into the Strip and these things are now luxuries instead of being basic necessities.
Rafah now part of Israeli ‘security zone’ says defence minister Advertisement - 10h ago(00:45 GMT)
LISTEN: Israeli strike on tent camp
The Israeli army has escalated its attacks across central and southern Gaza, killing at least 35 Palestinians in its latest air strikes.
An attack on a tent camp for forcibly displaced people in southern Khan Younis has killed several people and left others injured.
Listen to the full report:
- 10h ago(00:30 GMT)
Israeli military ‘unleashed huge series of air strikes’ on tent shelters in Gaza
There has been a clear surge of military activity since the early hours of this morning until now. The sound of drones is quite unmistakable.
The Israeli military has unleashed a huge series of air strikes that targeted makeshift tents in the city of Khan Younis and civilian gatherings in Deir el-Balah, and more distressing reports coming from the northern parts of Gaza.
Constant bombardment could be overheard in the eastern areas of the Strip, which also witnessed the shooting of illumination flares in order to give clear visibility for Israeli ground forces there in the eastern areas of Gaza City.
Palestinian emergency workers try to extinguish the flames after an Israeli air strike on tents sheltering displaced people in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, late on Wednesday night [Reuters] - 10h ago(00:26 GMT)
At least 7 confirmed dead following Israeli attack on tent in Jabalia
Earlier, we reported at least two Palestinians had been killed after Israeli fighter jets bombed a tent in the Jabalia area of northern Gaza.
The Quds News Network and the Palestinian Information Center now report that at least seven people have been killed in that strike, most of them children, which hit a tent belonging to the Asaliya family.
Translation: 7 martyrs and wounded, most of them children, as a result of the occupation forces’ bombing of the Asaliya family’s tent in Jabalia camp, north of Gaza.
- 10h ago(00:15 GMT)
Israeli military bombs tent in northern Gaza, killing 2
An Israeli air attack on a tent housing displaced Palestinians in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza has killed at least two people, our Al Jazeera Arabic colleagues report.
Israeli attacks across Gaza have now killed at least 18 Palestinians since midnight local time, according to Al Jazeera Arabic.
We will bring you further updates when we have them.
- 10h ago(00:07 GMT)
Palestinians in Israeli custody
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A recap of recent developments
- Israeli attacks across Gaza have killed at least 35 people over the past day, including 15 people – mostly women and children – in a strike on tents sheltering displaced Palestinians in al-Mawasi in the south.
- Palestinian journalist Fatima Hassouneh and 10 members of her family were also killed by an Israeli air strike targeting their home in Gaza City in the north.
- US military attacks on Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen have continued, with one person killed in an air raid targeting a residential neighbourhood in the capital Sanaa, according to local media.
- The Israeli military has shot and killed two Palestinians, including a 19-year-old, southeast of Jenin in the occupied West Bank and is withholding their bodies.
- Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz has said Israel will continue to block any humanitarian aid from entering Gaza, in a tactic rights groups have described as a war crime.
- Katz also said Israeli troops will remain in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria indefinitely, as the military tightens its grip on several occupied territories.
Palestinians at the site of an Israeli air strike on tents sheltering displaced people, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on April 16, 2025 [Reuters] - 10h ago(00:00 GMT)
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Palestinians check the damage following overnight Israeli strikes on a residential neighbourhood in Jabalia, northern Gaza, on April 16, 2025 [AFP]
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