SvennoJ on 15 April 2025
Main events on April 15th
- Israeli air strikes across Gaza have killed at least 23 Palestinians since early Tuesday as Israel’s total blockade maintained for more than seven weeks is starving the Palestinian enclave.
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was accompanied by his defence minister and the army chief in a visit to besieged northern Gaza, where he promised that Hamas would receive “blow after blow”.
- The armed wing of Hamas said it has lost contact with the team guarding US-Israeli captive Edan Alexander after an Israeli air strike on their location.
- The UN said at least 71 civilians, including 14 women and nine children, have been killed by Israeli forces in Lebanon since the agreed-upon ceasefire with Hezbollah in November.
- The UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) reports that armed individuals on fast boats opened fire on a vessel some 100 nautical miles (185km) off the coast of the Yemeni city of Aden, but there were no casualties.
- Hundreds more Israeli settlers, backed by armed soldiers and far-right Knesset members, performed Talmudic rituals and celebrated Passover at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound for a third day.
- The Maldives announced it is banning all Israeli nationals from the luxury tourist archipelago, a decision Hamas welcomed as a “brave step”.
