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SvennoJ on 20 April 2025
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Main events on April 20th

  • The Israeli military says a probe into the killing of 15 emergency workers in Gaza last month has found “several professional failures”, but denies that it tried to cover up the events.
  • The PRCS, which lost eight staff in that attack, says the Israeli account of the killings is “full of lies” and calls for an independent inquiry by the UN.
  • Israeli forces continue bombarding Gaza, killing at least 31 people across the Gaza Strip on Sunday, according to medics, including in attacks on the so-called “safe zone” of al-Mawasi.
  • Israel launches a wave of attacks on southern Lebanon, killing at least two people.
  • US forces keep up their assault on Yemen, bombing a popular market in the capital, Sanaa, and killing at least 12 and wounding 30 others, according to Houthi-affiliated media.
  • Israel has cancelled visas for 27 French left-wing legislators and local officials two days before they were to start a visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories, the group said.

 

‘Rupture on diplomatic ties’: French officials slam Israel’s cancellation of visas

As we’ve been reporting, Israel has cancelled visas for 27 French left-wing lawmakers and other local officials two days before their trip to Israel and the Palestinian territories.

The delegation included National Assembly deputies Francois Ruffin, Alexis Corbiere and Julie Ozenne from the Ecologist party, Communist deputy Soumya Bourouaha,  Communist senator Marianne Margate, and several town mayors and local lawmakers.

Some 17 members of the group issued a statement condemning the Israeli move and calling on French President Emmanuel Macron to intervene.

They said they had been victims of “collective punishment” and described the visa ban as a “major rupture in diplomatic ties”.

“Deliberately preventing elected officials and parliamentarians from travelling cannot be without consequences,” the group said, demanding action by the government to ensure Israel let them into the country.

 

Rare bravery by BBC reporter as he exposes IDF’s lies on paramedics’ deaths | Janta Ka Reporter


Rarely have you seen a member of the BBC, now-disgraced publicly-funded media outlet, highlight the atrocities committed by Benjamin Netanyahu and his associates in the IDF. That's why the BBC's reporting on the IDF's guarded confession in the killings of 15 paramedics came as a surprise today. Rifat Jawaid looks at the rare act of bold journalism by his former colleague in this sharp commentary.