Indonesian Hospital under new Israeli forced displacement orders

The situation in Gaza has become more dire for people already displaced multiple times and traumatised by the mass bombardments. They are already in agony because of family members they have lost in the past months of devastation and destruction.

The new evacuation order comes within 24 hours of one which saw the entire city of Rafah forced into evacuations.

Just within hours of these evacuation orders, the military did not wait for people to evacuate to the so-called safe area before shooting and killing them as they were leaving the areas that are marked as zones for the military in northern Gaza.

The Indonesian Hospital was repaired in the past few weeks during the first phase of the ceasefire, and it tried to offer much-needed medical care to Palestinians. It is now under these evacuation orders, and patients, injured, and medical staff don’t know where to go. They don’t know what the best possible plan is right now, because there are no hospitals available. Facilities have been destroyed in northern Gaza and Gaza City.

Al-Shifa Hospital is not operational; only one ward runs on reduced capacity. If patients and the injured are transferred to al-Ahli Arab Hospital, it will overwhelm that facility.

Israel blocking flour to ‘entrench starvation’: Gaza Gov’t Media Office

The Government Media Office in Gaza says that by preventing the entry of flour into the Gaza Strip, Israel has caused “the complete shutdown of all bakeries and deepened the famine crisis” in the enclave.

“This criminal action aims to complete the chapters of genocide and ethnic cleansing practiced by the occupation against our Palestinian people through systematic starvation policies and the deprivation of citizens of their most basic human rights,” the office said in a statement.

It said it held Israel and the US – which provides billions of dollars in military aid as well as staunch diplomatic support to Israel – responsible for the situation.

“We call on the international community, the United Nations, and human rights and humanitarian organizations to urgently and immediately intervene to stop this crime and pressure the occupation to allow the unconditional entry of humanitarian aid and flour, and to stop the use of food and fuel as tools for political blackmail and collective punishment,” the office said.

Palestinian rights group slams Ben-Gvir ‘confession’ of harsh detainee treatment

The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society has condemned statements by Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, calling them a confession of systematic crimes against Palestinian detainees.

In a post on X on Monday, Ben-Gvir outlined punitive measures imposed on Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails that included depriving them of prisoner representation, dental care and opportunities to socialise.

Amjad al-Najjar, spokesperson for the nongovernmental Palestinian Prisoner’s Society, blasted Ben-Gvir’s remarks as a “new confession of his crimes, all falling under torture”.

Najjar said that these actions have led to the deaths of dozens of prisoners and detainees, providing “sufficient evidence” to bring Ben-Gvir before international courts as an “explicit admission of organised, systematic crimes”.

Main events on April 1st

UK still pursuing justice for slain WCK workers one year on, minister says

Today marks one year since Israeli forces attacked an aid convoy in Gaza, killing at least seven workers with the World Central Kitchen (WCK). Three of the victims were from the United Kingdom, while one held US and Canadian citizenship. The others were from Australia, Poland and Palestine.

Hamish Falconer, the UK’s minister for the Middle East, told iPaper that his government is continuing “pursue justice” for the killings of its citizens – John Chapman, James Henderson and James Kirby – at the “highest levels”.

He noted the workers were “struck by an Israeli drone” and said that UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy has recently called on his Israeli counterpart to “swiftly ensure those responsible are held to account”.

“In the year since the World Central Kitchen strike, we have seen the environment for aid workers on the ground in Gaza deteriorate, and devastatingly worsen in the past weeks since the breakdown of the ceasefire,” he said.

Falconer’s comments come amid widespread criticism in the UK over the country’s continued military collaboration with Israel, including weapons sales, even as the Israeli army continues to kill, maim and starve Palestinian civilians in Gaza.

Australia calls for ‘full accountability’ on anniversary of WCK killings

As we’ve been reporting, today marks one year since Israel killed seven World Central Kitchen workers in Gaza, including six international employees.

In a statement on X, Australian Foreign Minister  Penny Wong says Canberra “will continue to press Israel for transparency and progress” in the investigation into the killing of its citizen, Zomi Frankcom.

“Ms Frankcom was driven by passion and a purpose. Aid workers like her, and the civilians they help, must always be protected. Gaza is the deadliest place to be an aid worker with almost 400 killed since Oct 7, 2023. We repeat our call on all parties to abide by international law,” she wrote.

The top diplomat added that Australia is “leading a global push to protect aid workers in conflict zones” in Frankcom’s memory. She noted that Gaza is the “deadliest place to be an aid worker” with more than 400 killed since Oct 7, 2023.

Today marks one year since Zomi Frankcom was killed while delivering humanitarian aid in Gaza. My deepest sympathies remain with her family and loved ones and I am thinking of them today. In her memory, Australia is leading a global push to protect aid workers in conflict zones.

— Senator Penny Wong (@SenatorWong) April 1, 2025

Israel expands ground assault in Gaza, seeks to capture ‘extensive territory’

Israeli media report that the military is expanding its ground operations in Gaza, including in southern Rafah.

Defence Minister Israel Katz says troops will move to clear areas “of terrorists and infrastructure, and capture extensive territory that will be added [to] the State of Israel’s security areas”, according to The Times of Israel.

Katz confirmed that the operation is now under way in Rafah, the Israeli Army Radio reported. The announcement comes after the military ordered residents of Rafah as well as northern Beit Hanoon and Beit Lahiya to flee.

Israel calls on besieged Gaza people to ‘remove Hamas’

Israel’s defence chief says the military’s expanded assault on Gaza “will increase pressure on Hamas”.

“Expanding the operation this morning will increase the pressure on the Hamas murderers and also on the population in Gaza and advance the achievement of the sacred and important goal for all of us,” Israel Katz said in a post on X.

“I call on the residents of Gaza to act now to remove Hamas and return all the hostages. This is the only way to end the war.”

Earlier, Katz said the Israeli military is expanding its ground assault on Gaza with plans to “capture extensive territory”, which will be added to the so-called buffer zone in the Strip.

So Katz is calling for a civil war while making sure nobody can rise up by starving, bombing and continually displacing the population. Just more evidence Israel is not planning to stop until nothing and no one is left in Gaza.

Twelve Palestinians killed in Israeli attack on south Gaza

Our correspondents on the ground say Israeli forces have bombed a house in the city of Khan Younis, killing at least 12 Palestinians.

Dozens of families trapped in Rafah issue distress call

Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic are reporting that dozens of Palestinian families trapped in the southern city are calling on the international community to help evacuate them. The appeal comes after Israel announced expanding its ground assault on Rafah.

According to AJA, the families are currently trapped in the Khirbet al-Adas area of Rafah.

Residents of Rafah flee as Israel expands ground offensive

The Israeli military has issued forced displacement notices for all areas of Rafah and is now expanding its ground operation to control the entire city. They say that this operation aims to compel Hamas to reach a ceasefire deal and release the Israeli captives.

We have also heard from the Israeli defence minister that this operation is not just about maximising pressure on Hamas, but also on Gaza’s population in order to force them to eliminate Hamas.

Now, people were given a very short time to leave. They are being forced to flee, taking what little they can find of their personal belongings and moving again to al-Mawasi. That is a 14km strip of land, which is now overcrowded and which has been repeatedly targeted by the Israeli forces.

Rafah has been the focus of Israel’s latest attacks, alongside some parts of Khan Younis.

One of the attacks there targeted a residential building packed full of civilians. Palestinian Civil Defence says 15 Palestinians were killed in that strike and that the morgues of both the Nasser Hospital and the European Hospital are overwhelmed with bodies.

US has given Israel ‘complete green light now to act with impunity”

Tahani Mustafa, from the International Crisis Group, says most analysts aren’t surprised Israel has expanded its military assault to seize more land in Gaza and “depopulate” Palestinians from the territory.

“Many of us anticipated these evacuation zones were going to be expanded in the coming weeks and months in order to concentrate Palestinian populations into these so-called ‘safe zones’, which we know over the last 17 months of open warfare that there is no such thing as safe zones,” Mustafa told Al Jazeera.

Israel’s “expansionist government” filled with politicians from the far right is now fully backed by the US government of Donald Trump, she noted.

“[The US] really doesn’t see the need to deal with the facade of trying to broker any sort of rhetorical peace here, or try to pretend to be an impartial broker in this conflict. The Trump administration itself has already hailed the depopulation of Gaza.”

The US attitude gives Israel “the complete green light now to act with impunity”, said Mustafa.

One person injured by Israeli fire in Tulkarem

One person has been wounded after being shot in the foot in the city of Tulkarem as Israeli forces continue their military assault on the occupied West Bank for the 66th day. The attack occurred in the Shuweika suburb. Local sources told the Palestinian Wafa news agency that Israeli forces also launched a large-scale arrest campaign in the Dhahra area.

The army dispatched military reinforcements towards Tulkarem city and its two refugee camps, Tulkarem and Nur Shams.

Israeli troops are continuing to forcibly displace residents from the Jabal al-Salihin area in the Nur Shams refugee camp. At least 13 people have been killed during Israel’s ongoing siege on the two camps and the city since the end of January.

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Israel demolishes home in occupied East Jerusalem

Israeli forces demolished a house in the town of Anata, East Jerusalem, under the pretext of building without a permit.

Local sources told Al Jazeera the demolition in the al-Fuhaidat neighbourhood was one of 13 homes scheduled to be knocked down by Israel’s army. It has also said the houses were close to military sites and, therefore, needed to be destroyed.

In the wake of Israel’s devastating war on Gaza, the Jerusalem municipality has stepped up home demolitions on the east side of the city, which Israel annexed from the occupied West Bank in 1967 and where most of Jerusalem’s 362,000 Palestinians live.

The municipality typically only allows majority Jewish neighbourhoods to build new homes.

European Green Party calls for Netanyahu’s arrest in Hungary

The European Green Party is calling for Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu to be arrested and face trial at The Hague as he arrives in Hungary.

“The European Union and national governments have a duty to uphold international law and ensure accountability for war crimes and human rights abuses,” said European Greens co-chair Ciaran Cuffe in a statement.

“By ignoring the International Criminal Court’s [ICC] arrest warrant for Prime Minister Netanyahu, Viktor Orban is showing the same disregard for the rule of law on the international stage that he has consistently shown in Hungary,” Cuffe added, referring to the Hungarian leader’s assurances that Netanyahu will be protected from the arrest warrant.

European Green Party co-chair Vula Tsetsi added: “Orban is bulldozering over EU treaties and obligations … That is why we, as European Greens, have been consistently calling for the abolishment of national vetoes on matters related to foreign policy. Ignoring the ICC arrest warrant against Netanyahu means ignoring the reasons for which it was issued, which is unacceptable.”

Hungary eyes dropping out of ICC as Netanyahu visits

Hungary may withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC) this week as Israel’s prime minister arrives on a four-day visit.

Last year, the ICC issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu and his then-Defence Minister Yoav Gallant for alleged war crimes during the attack on Gaza. As Hungary is an ICC signatory, countries are expected to arrest those with warrants who enter their territory.

However, Hungarian President Viktor Orban announced last year that he rejected Netanyahu’s arrest warrant and invited him to visit Budapest.

ICC denounces Hungary for ignoring Netanyahu arrest warrant

The International Crime Court (ICC) has criticised Hungary’s decision to defy its arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu for war crimes in Gaza.

The court’s spokesperson, Fadi El Abdallah, said it’s not for parties to the ICC “to unilaterally determine the soundness of the Court’s legal decisions”.

Participating states have an obligation to enforce the court’s decisions, added El Ebdallah.

“Any dispute concerning the judicial functions of the Court shall be settled by the decision of the Court,” El Abdallah said.

Hungary’s President Viktor Orbán is seen as a pioneer of some of the same tactics Netanyahu has been accused of employing in Israel: subjugation of the judiciary, antagonism towards the European Union, and cracking down on civil society and human rights groups.

Israel has captured 17% of Gaza already

We’ve been reporting on Israel’s announcement that it will seize more territory in Gaza, accompanied by large-scale forced evictions of the population.

According to the Israeli rights group Gisha, Israel has already taken control of some 62sq km (24sq miles), or 17 percent of the total area of Gaza, as part of a “buffer zone” around the edges of the Palestinian enclave.

The Israeli military issued forced evacuation orders to Gaza people living around the southern city of Rafah and towards Khan Younis, telling them to move to al-Mawasi on the coast, previously designated “a humanitarian zone”.

The move will add further pressure on a population in Gaza already living in one of the most crowded areas in the world.

Israel’s Army Radio said the 36th division – sent to the Southern Command area last month to prepare for military action in Gaza – is taking part in the latest ground offensive.

‘Nearing depletion’: Medical supplies running out after blockade

Doctors Without Borders, or MSF, warns Israel’s monthlong blockade on Gaza has led to shortages of essential medicines and some are “nearing depletion”.

The organisation called for an end to the blockade describing it as “collective punishment” of Palestinians.

“For more than a month no aid or commercial trucks have entered Gaza, the longest period since the war began,” MSF said. “This complete cutoff of aid and electricity has deprived people of most basic services and amounts to collective punishment.”

Teams are also running out of crucial surgical supplies such as anesthesia and antibiotics for children, and medications for chronic conditions such as epilepsy, high blood pressure and diabetes.

Clinics are treating wounded patients “without any painkillers”.

Two Palestinians killed in Israeli drone strikes in Rafah

Two Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli drone strike in the Khirbet al-Adas and Musbah areas north of Rafah. Rafah – Gaza’s southernmost city – has been the focus of Israel’s intensified attacks along with some parts of Khan Younis.


Two Palestinian killed in Israeli attacks in central Gaza

Two Palestinians have been killed and others wounded when an Israeli drone bombed people west of az-Zawayda town in the central Gaza Strip. Several people were also injured in an Israeli drone strike on the as-Salam neighbourhood, southeast of southern Khan Younis.

Medical sources have told Al Jazeera 50 people have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza since dawn.

Casualties after Israeli attack hits police force in Deir el-Balah

Gaza’s Ministry of Interior reports that several Palestinians were killed and wounded after an Israeli air strike targeted police officers and personnel in the city, located in the central part of the enclave.

Israeli attack on UNRWA clinic kills 19 people

Israeli army: Jabalia strike targeted Hamas ‘command centre’

The Israeli army confirmed its attack on the UNRWA clinic in Jabalia saying it targeted a “command-and-control centre” for Hamas. The Israeli army has routinely claimed its targets in Gaza are Hamas centres without providing proof.

At least 19 people have been killed at the medical facility – including nine children – which was housing displaced families as a result of intense Israeli bombardment that levelled houses throughout the enclave.

‘Beyond imagination’: Survivors describe attack on UN medical facility

Witnesses of the Israeli attack on an UNRWA medical facility in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza describe the grim scene of its aftermath. At least 19 people were killed, including nine children.

“We were sitting outside and suddenly the Israelis targeted a clinic. My grandfather, my father and my brother hurried up to see what was going on,” a young man told Al Jazeera.

“After that we received a phone call and learned my uncle and his family were killed. We came from the mountain to this area that was described as safe. One baby girl, born a few weeks ago, was killed also. Her neck was severed.”

Another witness described the horror.

“I was sitting with my family and suddenly a missile targeted us. The dust was all over the place. The martyrs were burned. We found human flesh. We found human bones,” the witness said.

“Innocent women and children were killed. Separated heads and different body parts were everywhere. It is something beyond logic and beyond imagination.”

The Israeli attack on a UNRWA medical facility in the Jabalia refugee camp has killed at least 22 people, including women and children, the Gaza Government Media Office says.

“We condemn in the strongest terms the continuation of the Israeli occupation’s genocide against civilians and displaced people, and we condemn this barbaric attack that targeted deliberately medical facilities and humanitarian areas,” the office said.

It added that Israel has targeted 228 shelters for civilians since the start of the war in “blatant violation of all international norms that protect civilians in conflict”.

Gaza death toll reaches 50,423 as Israeli attacks continue

Since the war began on October 7, 2023, at least 50,423 Palestinians have been killed and 114,638 injured in Gaza, the enclave’s Health Ministry reports. Over the past 24 hours, the bodies of 24 people arrived at hospitals across Gaza. Fifty-five wounded also were treated.