Gaza April 2025

Guardian: "Israel-Hamas war" — (LINK)

Al Jazeera: "Israel-Hamas war live": now "Israel War on Gaza" — (LINK)

Palestinian Authority offers Israel assistance in firefighting effort: In the past, Palestinian Authority firefighting teams have assisted in putting out large fires in Israel. (LINK) — 30 April 2025.

Switzerland to implement Hamas ban from May 15 (LINK) — 30 April 2025.

Israel faces legal pressure at UN's top court over UNRWA ban (LINK) — 28 April 2025.

100 Palestinians killed in weekend of Israeli airstrikes on Gaza: victims include 22 members of one family (LINK) — ground.news: 149 media reports (LINK) — 27 April 2025.

British and US forces launch joint strike on Houthi target in Yemen (LINK) — 29 April 2025.

Swiss under-23 fencers turn backs on gold-winning Israeli team while Israel's national anthem, Hatikvah, played during medal ceremony: Israel's foreign minister, Gideon Sa'ar, congratulated his team but criticized the Swiss team for its "disrespectful behaviour". (LINK) — 26 April 2025.

WFP runs out of food in Gaza two months after Israel's total blockade (LINK) — 25 April 2025.

— The agency says it delivered its final food stocks to kitchens in Gaza on Friday, and the kitchens are expected to deplete their supplies in the coming days.

Houthi rebels have shot down 7 U.S. Reaper drones worth $200 million in recent weeks (LINK) — 25 April 2025.

Palestinians create role for a vice president and possible successor to aging leader Abbas (LINK) — ground.news: 54 media reports (LINK) — 24 April 2025.

US airstrikes killed 12 people in Yemen's capital, the Houthi rebels say (LINK) — ground.news: 142 media reports (LINK) — 20 April 2025.

Pope Francis makes brief Easter Sunday appearance, calls for Gaza ceasefire — (LINK)

Israeli military admits 'professional failures' in killings of Palestinian medics in Gaza: a deputy commander will be fired. (LINK) — 20 April 2025.

— Israel at first claimed that the medics' vehicles did not have emergency signals on when troops opened fire but later backtracked on this statement. Cellphone video footage recovered from one of the medics contradicted Israel's initial account.

Hamas says it is ready to release all remaining hostages in return for an end to Gaza war, rejects Israel's latest ceasefire proposal — (LINK)— ground.news: 52 media reports — 17 April 2025 (LINK)

US condemns UN rights expert Francesca Albanese for criticising Israel — 15 April 2025 (LINK)

State Department says Trump admin. has no grounds to deport Tufts Uni. student — 14 April 2025 (LINK)

— ICE agents detained her in Somerville, Massachusetts, on March 25 after she allegedly engaged in antisemitic activities and supported known terror organizations. The 30-year-old doctoral student from Turkey wrote an op-ed in 2024 for the Tufts student newspaper that criticized the university's response to the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas.

Palestinian billionaire resigns from Harvard post after lawsuit alleges he helped finance Hamas: lawsuit filed on behalf of 200 family members of October 7 victims. — 13 April 2025 (LINK)

Israeli Army says it struck Hamas command and control center in Gaza's Al-Ahli hospital — 13 April 2025 (LINK)

Israel's army says it will fire air force reservists who condemned the war. — (LINK)— ground.news: 52 media reports — 11 April 2025 (LINK)

— Nearly 1,000 Israeli Air Force reservists and retirees signed a letter, published in Israeli media on Thursday (April 10, 2025), demanding the immediate return of the hostages, even at the cost of ending the fighting.

France signals June recognition of Palestinian State at UN conference — (LINK) — ground.news: 167 media reports — 9 April 2025 (LINK)

Radio France International: Israel slams French plan to recognise Palestinian state as a 'prize for terror' — (LINK)

Microsoft terminates jobs of 2 engineers who protested use of AI products by Israel's military — 7 April 2025 (LINK)

Israel says its account of rescue workers killed in Gaza was partly 'mistaken': The Israeli military had previously asserted, repeatedly and erroneously, that the vehicles were "advancing suspiciously" toward the troops "without headlights or emergency signals". (LINK) — ground.news: 278 media reports (LINK) — 5 April 2025

US sending Israel 20,000 assault rifles that Biden had delayed (LINK) — ground.news: 19 media reports (LINK) — 4 April 2025

Israel announces military operation expanding in Gaza to seize 'large areas' (LINK) — ground.news: 357 media reports (LINK) — 1 April 2025

Hamas removes 3,400 names from official Gaza death list: The updated list omits deaths listed in prior August and October 2024 reports. (LINK) — ground.news: 30 media reports (LINK) — 1 April 2025

US sanctions Russia-based network for helping Yemen's Houthis (LINK) — ground.news: 20 media reports (LINK) — 1 April 2025

Israel eliminates remaining tariffs on US goods ahead of Trump move (LINK) — ground.news: 22 media reports (LINK) — 1 April 2025