No change in Gaza
Israeli Air Force pounds Palestinian fighters as rockets fired at Israel
The armed wing of Palestinian Islamic Jihad conducted two rocket attacks on southern Israel on Thursday as the Israeli military called in air strikes against dozens of targets in the Gaza Strip, war monitors said.
In their latest battlefield assessment, US-based think tanks the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) and the Critical Threats Project (CTP) report that Israeli forces concluded a week-long operation in Nuseirat in central Gaza to expand the Netzarim corridor, which cuts the Palestinian territory in two.
The corridor – a 6.5km (4-mile) road built by the Israelis – runs from east to west and was designed to give Israel’s military rapid access to Gaza and to cut off Palestinian movement between north and south in the territory.
The ISW and CTP said previously that Hamas and other armed groups had likely used an area in the central Gaza Strip as a rear base to target Israeli forces in northern Gaza and to also slip into previously cleared areas of southern Gaza City.
NEW: The IDF Air Force struck Palestinian fighters and military infrastructure in the northern Gaza Strip.
The IDF concluded a week-long operation targeting Palestinian fighters and military infrastructure near Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip. (1/3) pic.twitter.com/rFeHF2Ifll
— Institute for the Study of War (@TheStudyofWar) April 19, 2024
Israeli air raid hits Jabalia refugee camp
Israeli fighter jets have carried out two raids in northern Gaza, striking as-Sikka area and hitting a home in Jabalia camp, according to Wafa news agency. The strikes have injured at least one person, who has been taken to the Kamal Adwan Hospital, the report said.
Gaza death toll rises
At least 34,012 Palestinians have been killed and 76,833 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7, its Health Ministry says. The ministry added that 42 people were killed and 63 injured in the past 24 hours.
