1 April • Israel announced that a soldier of the
7th Armoured Brigade was killed fighting in southern Gaza, bringing the IDF death toll there to 256. • The IDF withdrew from the al-Shifa hospital. The World Health Organization said 21 patients died throughout the operation. • The Gaza Health Ministry reported that at least 63 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours, bringing its count of the death toll to 32,845. • A drone from Iraq struck a hangar in the Eilat naval base, causing slight damage. • The Iranian embassy in
Damascus,
Syria was
struck by a missile, killing at least seven people, including
IRGC Brig. Gen.
Mohammad Reza Zahedi. Syrian and Iranian officials blamed Israel for the attack. • Israeli officials agreed to acknowledge US concerns about the planned Rafah offensive. • An
Israeli strike on a vehicle in Deir al-Balah killed four
World Central Kitchen aid workers from Australia, Britain, Ireland, and Poland along with their Palestinian driver. • An Israeli helicopter pilot accidentally pressed the wrong button and shot towards Israeli soldiers inside the Gaza Strip, nearly hitting them.
2 April • The Gaza Health Ministry reported that at least 71 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours, bringing its count of the death toll to 32,916.
3 April • The Gaza Health Ministry reported that at least 59 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours, bringing its count of the death toll to 32,975. • A resident of Arab-Israeli town Tira performed a car ramming and attempted stabbing west of Qalqilya injuring four Israeli soldiers.
4 April • The Gaza Health Ministry reported that at least 62 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours, bringing its count of the death toll to 33,037. • Israeli soldiers shot dead a 28-year-old Palestinian man during a house raid in
Ya'bad, West Bank. • The Shin Bet announced the arrests of seven Arab Israelis and four Palestinians, including at least one in contact with Hamas, who planned to carry out a wave of attacks against IDF bases, government complexes, and other sensitive sites in Israel and the West Bank, including an assassination of Israeli National Security Minister
Itamar Ben-Gvir. • At least eight Palestinians were killed by Israeli bombings on houses in Rafah. Two people were killed and 15 injured by an Israeli airstrike in the Maghazi refugee camp. • Ambulances were temporarily blocked from reaching two Palestinians that were injured by live bullets as Israeli forces raided
Kafr Ra'i, southwest of Jenin.
5 April • A 31-year-old Palestinian man was shot and killed by an Israeli sniper during a raid in
Nur Shams, West Bank. Two other Palestinian men were arrested. • The Gaza Health Ministry reported that at least 54 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours, bringing its count of the death toll to 33,091. • Israel agreed to open the
Erez Crossing and the
Port of Ashdod to allow an increased amount of humanitarian aid into Gaza. • An Israeli soldier shot and killed a Palestinian man who tried to collect aid in northern Gaza. • The IDF sacked two officers over the strikes on the World Central Kitchen convoy on 1 April.
6 April • The Gaza Health Ministry reported that at least 46 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours, bringing its count of the death toll to 33,137. • An Israeli air raid on a house in southern Lebanon killed three members of the
Amal Movement. • An Israeli investigation found that one Israeli hostage was "most likely" killed when an Israeli helicopter fired on her captors' car. • The Gaza Health Ministry reported that at least 38 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours, bringing its count of the death toll to 33,175. • Israeli forces withdrew from the western parts of Khan Yunis, leaving the
Nahal Brigade as the only Israeli brigade stationed in Gaza. • A young Palestinian man died after being shot in the head by Israeli forces during a raid in Ramallah. • Five rockets were fired from Khan Yunis at communities in southern Israel. • The IDF announced that it uncovered and destroyed a 900-meter-long tunnel in Al-Amal neighborhood, Khan Yunis. • Two people were wounded during a shooting in the West Bank. • At least 23 Palestinians were arrested by Israeli forces during raids in
Hebron Governorate.
8 April • Three people including a fighter of Hezbollah's
Redwan Force were killed in an Israeli airstrike on as-Sultaniyah village in southern Lebanon. • Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian woman at a checkpoint in the occupied West Bank, after she allegedly tried to stab Israeli soldiers. • The Gaza Health Ministry reported that at least 32 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours, bringing its count of the death toll to 33,207. • Following the Israeli withdrawal, at least 84 bodies of dead Palestinians were retrieved by Palestinian paramedics from underneath the rubble of destroyed buildings in Khan Yunis.
9 April • The Gaza Health Ministry reported that at least 153 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours, bringing its count of the death toll to 33,360. • Turkey imposed export restrictions on 54 products from Israel, which it said would take place until a ceasefire is reached. • Israel said it killed Hamas' governmental Emergency Committee Chairman
Hatem al-Am'ari while he was in a refugee camp. • The intercepted a drone that entered Israeli airspace near Eilat. • An Israeli airstrike in Nuseirat camp killed 14 Palestinians, including four children. •
UNOCHA stated Israel denied approval for their convoy to provide medical care to a man shot in the head, and that he died after more than two hours without medical treatment.
10 April • The Gaza Health Ministry reported that at least 122 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours, bringing its count of the death toll to 33,482. • Three sons and four grandchildren of Hamas leader
Ismail Haniyeh were killed by an Israeli airstrike near the Shati refugee camp. Israel claimed that the sons were Hamas operatives. • Irish foreign minister
Micheál Martin stated to local media
The Journal that Ireland will move to recognize a Palestinian state in "the next couple of weeks." • Israeli airstrikes in Jabalia killed two senior Hamas members. • A Palestinian man was killed and two others were injured during Israeli raids in the West Bank.
12 April • The Gaza Health Ministry reported that at least 89 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours, bringing its count of the death toll to 33,634. • At least 29 Palestinians were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a building in Gaza City's Daraj neighbourhood. • Israeli forces shot and killed two Palestinian men during a raid in
Tubas and the nearby refugee camp of Farah, West Bank, including the son of a Hamas member who died in Israeli custody. • Australia, Canada, France, India, Poland, and Russia issued warnings to their citizens advising against travel to Israel, the Palestinian territories, and some countries in the Middle East. The US also announced restrictions on its diplomats traveling in Israel. • The EU imposed sanctions on the armed wings of Hamas and the PIJ over their sexual and gender-based violence during 7 October. • Hundreds of armed Israeli settlers stormed
al-Mughayyir, Ramallah, killing a Palestinian man and wounding at least 25, as well as setting houses ablaze. The attack occurred as Israeli forces searched for a
missing 14-year-old boy who was last seen around from the village. • Israeli forces targeted the minaret of the
Al-Qassam Mosque in Nuseirat Camp during the
Islamic call of prayer.
13 April • The Gaza Health Ministry reported that at least 52 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours, bringing its count of the death toll to 33,686. • The
IRGC Navy seized the Portuguese-flagged and Israel-linked
MSC Aries off the coast of the UAE, claiming it had violated maritime laws. • The IDF found the body of the teen whose disappearance sparked the attack in al-Mughayyir, who they said died in a terrorist attack. • An Israeli attack on the Zarqa area of Gaza City killed five people and injured more than 30. • Israel announced restrictions prohibiting educational activities and gatherings of up to 1,000 people due to threats of an Iranian attack. • Iran
launched dozens of drones carrying explosives towards Israel. • The al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades attacked an IDF checkpoint, an illegal Israeli settlement near Tulkarm, and an Israeli town on the West Bank border in retaliation for settler violence in the West Bank.
14 April • The Gaza Health Ministry reported that at least 43 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours, bringing its count of the death toll to 33,729. • Israel's plan to initiate its first steps in a
ground offensive in Rafah during the week was postponed to consider its response to the Iranian strikes on Israel. • Israeli forces conducted an air raid near the European Hospital south of Khan Yunis, injuring five people. • Israeli settlers uprooted 30
olive trees and some
almond trees in
Qarawat Bani Hassan, west of
Salfit. • A Palestinian man was shot dead by undercover Israeli forces in Nablus. • Israeli forces fatally shot a young girl in the face during an attempt by some displaced Palestinian civilians to return to northern Gaza. • The Gaza health ministry and Palestinian Civil Defence Forces discovered two mass graves, one at the Al-Shifa hospital and one in
Beit Lahia. • An Israeli airstrike hit a house west of Rafah, killing four people including a child. • An Israeli attack in Gaza City killed seven Palestinian law enforcement officials and two bystanders. • Israeli attacks on homes in Rafah, Maghazi and Gaza City killed more than 20 people.
17 April • The Gaza Health Ministry reported that at least 56 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours, bringing the Palestinian death toll to 33,899. • Israeli airstrikes hit a playground and a busy market in the Maghazi refugee camp. • Hezbollah launched missile and drones strikes into northern Israel, wounding 14 soldiers and 4 civilians. One of the wounded soldiers died of his injuries four days later. An Israeli counter-battery radar on
Mount Meron was destroyed in one of the attacks.
18 April • The Gaza Health Ministry reported that at least 71 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours, bringing the Palestinian death toll to 33,970. • Israeli airstrikes in Rafah killed 11 people including five children. • The US imposed sanctions on Iran, targeting 16 people and seven companies, including two linked to the production of drones. • The US vetoed a UN Security Council resolution for Palestine to gain full membership at the UN, 12 countries approved while two abstained.
19 April • The Gaza Health Ministry reported that at least 42 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours, bringing the Palestinian death toll to 34,012. • Israel
launched drones into Iran's
Isfahan province. • The EU imposed sanctions against four people and two entities over violence by Israeli settlers in the West Bank. • Between 18 and 19 April, at least five Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces during an Israeli raid in Tulkarm, including a 16-year-old boy, and a senior
Islamic Jihad terrorist. •
Barbados officially recognizes the
State of Palestine.
20 April • The Gaza Health Ministry reported that at least 37 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours, bringing the Palestinian death toll to 34,049. • Israeli airstrikes on Rafah killed at least 10 people, mostly women and children. • A 50-year-old Palestinian medic was shot dead by armed Israeli settlers in the village of
As-Sawiya, West Bank. • Nine Palestinians were killed on the third day of an Israeli raid in Tulkarm, bringing the total to 14 Palestinians killed since 18 April. • The US House of Representatives passed an aid package that would provide Israel with US$17 billion in military aid and Gaza with around US$2 billion in humanitarian aid.
21 April • The Gaza Health Ministry reported that at least 48 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours, bringing the Palestinian death toll to 34,097. • Emergency services in Gaza and
Palestinian Civil Defence crews uncovered a
mass grave at the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis and recovered at least 310 bodies as of 23 April. • A pregnant woman and six children were among eight people killed by waves of Israeli strikes on Rafah, doctors managed to save the unborn child. • An Israeli settler from
Hashahar settlement in the West Bank kicked a
Palestinian flag unknowingly rigged with explosives, injuring him.
22 April • The Gaza Health Ministry reported that at least 54 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours, bringing the Palestinian death toll to 34,151. • The head of
IDF Intelligence, Major General
Aharon Haliva announced that he would retire from his position and take responsibility for Israel's failures leading up to the 7 October attacks. •
Kata'ib Hezbollah announced that Iraqi armed groups had decided to resume their
attacks on US bases in Iraq and Syria after seeing little progress on talks to achieve the exit of American troops during the Iraqi prime minister's visit to
Washington, D.C. 23 April • The Gaza Health Ministry reported that at least 32 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours, bringing the Palestinian death toll to 34,183. • Israel announced that a soldier of the
Gaza Division was killed fighting the day prior in the northern Gaza strip, bringing the IDF death toll there to 261. • Hezbollah claimed that it launched drone attacks on Israeli bases north of
Acre in retaliation for the killing of one of its fighters in southern Lebanon. • Two people were killed and four others were injured after an Israeli airstrike destroyed a residential house in the village of
Hanine, in southern Lebanon. •
Jamaica officially recognized the State of Palestine.
24 April • The Gaza Health Ministry reported that at least 79 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours, bringing the Palestinian death toll to 34,262. • Israeli airstrikes on the home of the Hamid family near
Shati refugee camp killed a mother and her 12-year-old son. • Israeli forces shelled a house in the Nassr neighbourhood of Gaza City, killing least three people and injuring more. • Gazan militants fired mortar rounds at Israeli forces assisting in preparations for the US-led project to construct a humanitarian aid pier off the coast of Gaza. No damage was caused. • The director of the Kuwaiti hospital in Rafah stated, "Rafah governorate has become a continuous target... The Israeli occupation uses internationally prohibited weapons, and the type of injuries we receive is unprecedented, such as amputation of limbs and laceration of the body".
25 April • The Gaza Health Ministry reported that at least 43 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours, bringing the Palestinian death toll to 34,305. • Officials in Gaza claimed that some of the 392 bodies recovered from mass graves in Al-Shifa and Nasser hospitals showed signs of "torture and execution". • The IDF announced the withdrawal of the
Nahal Brigade from the Gaza Strip.
26 April • The Gaza Health Ministry reported that at least 51 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours, bringing the Palestinian death toll to 34,356. • The al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades detonated IEDs and clashed with Israeli forces during their operation at the
Balata refugee camp in Nablus. • The
Palestinian Mujahideen Movement launched rockets from Gaza targeting Sderot. • The sole
Catholic priest in the Gaza Strip,
Gabriel Romanelli, reported that at least 33 Christians were killed since the start of the war, which is three percent of the total
Christian population in the Strip. • Israeli forces opened fire on people at the Salem checkpoint west of Jenin, killing two Palestinian men and injuring two others. • An Israeli bombing on the Sultan neighborhood of the Nuseirat camp killed four people including a baby girl. Four other people were killed and at least 30 were injured by a strike on another house on the same camp. • Israeli strikes on the Saudi neighborhood west of Rafah killed five people including two children. • A Houthi missile hit and damaged the British-owned Oil-Tanker
MV Andromeda Star and downed a US
MQ-9 Reaper drone.
28 April • The Gaza Health Ministry reported that at least 66 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours, bringing the Palestinian death toll to 34,454. • More than 270 Israeli settlers entered the Al-Asqa compound with IDF protection.
29 April • The Gaza Health Ministry reported that at least 34 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours, bringing the Palestinian death toll to 34,488. • At least 20 Palestinians were killed in strikes in Rafah and four Palestinians were killed in strikes in Gaza City. • Israel announced that a soldier of the
Yiftach Brigade and a soldier of the
Carmeli Brigade were killed the day prior fighting in central Gaza, bringing the IDF death toll there to 263.
30 April • The Gaza Health Ministry reported that at least 47 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours, bringing the Palestinian death toll to 34,535. • The
Palestinian Civil Defence stated that over 10,000 missing bodies were buried under rubble inside the Gaza Strip, causing disease outbreaks and epidemics across the strip. • A 34-year-old
Turkish man was shot dead by Israeli forces in Jerusalem's Old City after attempting to stab an Israeli police officer. • An Israeli attack on al-Zahra in central Gaza killed at least two people. • Israeli forces assaulted and killed a Palestinian man in
Ad-Dhahiriya, southwest of Hebron. == May 2024==