| SvennoJ said: Israeli minister says time has come to implement Trump’s Gaza plan |
The so called Trump-Gaza plan was introduced by his son-in-law Jared Kushner
"Former White House senior adviser Jared Kushner was reportedly behind his father-in-law US President Donald Trump’s plan, announced yesterday, for the US to take over Gaza and clear it of Palestinians."
Main events on April 19th
Hamas releases video of Israeli captive
The Palestinian group has published a third video of Elkana Bohbot, in which the Israeli captive addresses his family in a mock telephone call and tells them he dreams about returning home to them, according to the Times of Israel.
“Keep doing everything for me!” he says in the video, adding he has “appealed to the state, appealed to the government, appealed to everyone”.
Bohbot says his health was not good and that he is afraid he will die.
The video came as Netanyahu ordered the Israeli military to intensify the pressure on Hamas after the Palestinian group rejected an Israeli proposal for a temporary truce.
Hamas said it is willing to free all remaining captives all at once in exchange for an end to the war on Gaza.
Elkana Bohbot speaks on a telephone in an unknown location, in this screengrab from a video released by Hamas, on April 19
Space for displaced Palestinians in Gaza ‘shrinking by the day’
The UN’s humanitarian agency (OCHA) says Israel’s military has designated some 69 percent of Gaza’s land area as “no-go” zones or displacement zones.
“In Gaza, space for people is shrinking by the day,” the agency said in a post on X. “Vast areas have been taken over. Hundreds of thousands are being pushed into renewed displacement,” it said.
Attempts by aid organisations to reach the affected people have also been denied, it added.
Currently Online In #Gaza, space for people is shrinking by the day.
Vast areas have been taken over.
Hundreds of thousands are being pushed into renewed displacement.
Attempts by aid groups to reach people are facing #AccessDenied.#CeasefireNow #OpenUpGaza pic.twitter.com/iBmmzLqEHy
— OCHA OPT (Palestine) (@ochaopt) April 19, 2025
Israeli forces again attack so-called ‘safe zone’ of al-Mawasi
Al-Mawasi was among the areas targeted by the latest Israeli strikes, which have killed more than 50 people on Saturday.
What we need to know about al-Mawasi is that it is considered an international humanitarian zone. It is also a zone where Palestinians have been ordered by Israeli forces to evacuate.
Al-Mawasi is a very big evacuation area with barely any humanitarian facilities. Many people who fled Rafah and Khan Younis in the south are also squeezed into al-Mawasi camp.
Since the Israeli war resumed on March 18, there have been continuing strikes on tents in the camp.
We also have to take note that al-Mawasi is not the only camp being targeted. UNRWA schools and other shelters are also being targeted.
Israeli soldier killed in north Gaza
The Israeli military says Hamas fighters have killed a 35-year-old Israeli soldier and wounded five others in the north of the Gaza Strip on Saturday.
The Times of Israel said the tracker in the Northern Brigade was the first to be killed in the enclave since Israel resumed its attacks on Gaza on March 18.
It added that three of the five wounded were in serious condition.
Israeli protesters clash with police in Tel Aviv
Dozens of Israeli protesters have clashed with police in the central Israeli community of Mazor ahead of a visit by Netanyahu and his wife, Sarah.
Videos of the protest showed demonstrators expressing anger with Netanyahu’s pledge to continue the war on Gaza, and demanding the release of the remaining 59 captives held in the territory.
They carried signs and chanted slogans, accusing Netanyahu of prolonging a war they believe has achieved nothing but destruction.
Tensions flared as protesters pushed against police barricades, with some attempting to breach a makeshift gate.
Smotrich reiterates call for Israel’s military to occupy Gaza
The far-right finance minister has hailed Netanyahu’s pledge to continue the war on Gaza.
“Netanyahu’s statement that the war must end in victory means that the style of warfare must be changed and the approach must be to occupy the entire Gaza,” Bezalel Smotrich said in a statement on X.
“We must not be afraid of establishing military administration in Gaza if necessary and destroying Hamas to ensure that Gaza does not pose a threat to our country. This is the way to ensure security and this is the way to return the kidnapped quickly,” he added.
More from Netanyahu
The Israeli prime minister has issued a video address, saying he has ordered the country’s military to intensify the war on Gaza.
Here’s more of what he said:
More open calls for genocide and ethnic cleansing
At least 44 people killed by Israel in past 24 hours: Gaza ministry
In its latest death toll update, the Gaza Ministry of Health says that in addition to the 44 deaths, there have been 145 injuries in the past day.
“There are still a number of victims under the rubble and on the streets, and ambulance and Civil Defence crews cannot reach them,” it said.
“The death toll from the Israeli aggression has risen to 51,201 martyrs and 116,869 wounded since October 7, 2023,” it said, adding that since Israel resumed the war on March 18 after a six-week ceasefire, 1,827 people have been killed and 4,828 injured.
People run for cover during an attack at a camp for displaced Palestinians in northern Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip
Nearly 70% of Gaza designated ‘no-go’ zones by Israel
It’s hard to keep pace with increased number of aerial attacks
We have seen Gaza evolve from a killing box, an open-air prison, to a testing lab, with the use of more kamikaze drones that have been targeting tents.
In less than 48 hours, we’ve seen three of these attacks targeting families while sleeping inside their tents, like the one that happened in the al-Mawasi evacuation zone, where a tent was attacked by one of these drones.
It killed a woman inside the tent, and four people were critically injured. In Nuseirat, a house was bombed, killing five people. One person died in an attack in Beit Lahiya and another in Rafah.
To be honest, sometimes it’s hard to keep pace with the increased number of aerial attacks that target civilians.
People are simply walking in the streets, sleeping in tents, or sheltering inside one of the temporary shelters, whatever remains of their residential homes, or any of the public facilities that are still standing.
War crimes suspect Yuval Shatel has been located. He is staying in Fort Worth, Texas.
The U.S. Attorney General has a legal obligation to act by preventing the suspect from leaving U.S. jurisdiction and by initiating an investigation into war crimes and genocide in accordance… pic.twitter.com/1o4WbqDN9L
— The Hind Rajab Foundation (@HindRFoundation) April 19, 2025
US cargo planes supplied heavy weapons to Israel amid Gaza offensive
Dozens of heavy military cargo flights have arrived in Israel since the end of January, with the US operating cargo flights regularly since the resumption of the war last month, flight data analysed by Al Jazeera’s Sanad Agency shows.
Data from Flight Radar shows movement of 47 military planes, including 30 cargo aircraft, during the period from January 25, following the Gaza ceasefire implementation, until April 18, about a month after Israel renewed the offensive.
Some of the flights arrived from seven European countries. Among these flights, 16 were carried out after the resumption of the war on March 18, unilaterally breaking the January ceasefire.
The Israeli Broadcasting Authority has described the recent movement as an “unprecedented airlift” for military supplies.
‘Heading for disaster’: Israeli politicians criticise Netanyahu
Opposition leader Yair Lapid blasted the Israeli prime minister in a speech on Sunday in which he said that Israel is “heading toward a disaster” and warned of heated political rhetoric.
“The levels of incitement are unprecedented. The red line has been crossed,” Lapid said. “If we don’t stop, we will have a politically-motivated murder – perhaps more than one – and Jews will kill Jews.”
Netanyahu’s Likud Party countered that Lapid was himself taking part in “dangerous incitement against the prime minister” with his criticism.
Avigdor Liberman, chairman of the Yisrael Beiteinu party, also criticised Netanyahu in a social media post that accused him of being soft on the issue of Israeli security, labelling him “the Prime Minister of October 7”.
“Hamas must be eliminated,” he said. “But the Prime Minister of October 7 is unable to reach this goal.”
Trump’s plan for Gaza not endgame for Netanyahu
In his video address on Saturday evening, Netanyahu once again hailed Trump’s “important vision” for Gaza, saying it would “allow our country to live in security”.
Israeli analyst Ori Goldberg said that despite the repeated references to Trump’s plan, which would involve the US takeover of Gaza, Netanyahu is not aiming to remove Palestinians and have Israelis resettle in the Strip.
“Cleansing Gaza and resettling there is not feasible either logistically or politically, but Netanyahu doesn’t mind stringing [the far right] along,” he told Al Jazeera. “Netanyahu is trying to keep his government in place until the next election in spring 2026, so he tries to play both ends against the middle.”
In his latest video address, Netanyahu once again branded himself as the decision-maker who is taking matters into his own hands to Israel’s benefit, a vision that is largely shared by Israeli society.
“No one will come out and say what we’re doing in Gaza is not safeguarding Israel,” Goldberg said. “Most Israelis want the hostages to be returned, but they support the genocide. They would never admit to it, but they would say there is no other solution.”
Palestinian prisoner dies in Israeli hospital
Nasser Radaydah, a 49-year-old from Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, has died from gunshots he received from Israeli forces during his arrest in September 2023, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society announces.
Radaydah died in hospital after being transferred from Ofer Prison on Saturday.
The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society said Radaydah had been treated for his wounds after his imprisonment in 2023 and had healed enough to be transferred from a hospital to prison.
Radaydah died “as a result of the organised crimes committed by the Israeli occupation prison system in an unprecedented manner since the beginning of the ongoing genocide”, the organisation said.
Commenting on Radaydah’s death, Hamas said Israel was continuing its policy of “slow-killing” prisoners.
The Palestinian Authority (PA) said more than 60 Palestinian prisoners have died since October 2023 in Israeli prisons, where prison officers have been documented abusing prisoners. The PA says Israel continues to hold the bodies of the prisoners who have died and refuses to release them.
Israeli army kills Palestinian shooter near West Bank settlement
The Israeli military says it has “neutralised” a Palestinian who has opened fire near the West Bank settlement of Homesh.
Al Jazeera Arabic said fighting broke out between the armed Palestinian and Israeli forces when he stopped his vehicle at an Israeli checkpoint at the entrance of the settlement and opened fire. The Palestinian was killed in the exchange of fire.
The Israeli statement said no soldiers were injured.
Hamas says shooting near Israeli settlement response to war crimes, genocide
The Palestinian group Hamas has said the shooting near the Israeli settlement of Homesh, in the occupied West Bank, was a “natural and legitimate response to the war crimes and genocide committed” by Israel.
As we reported earlier, a Palestinian shooter opened fire at a checkpoint at the entrance of the settlement and was killed by Israeli forces.
Hamas said the Palestinian people would not “deviate from the path of resistance” and would continue to respond to the Israeli occupation.
Explosion in West Bank’s Nur Shams camp as Israel steps up aggression
An explosion has been reported in the Nur Shams camp, east of Tulkarm, as Israel continues a military operation across the occupied West Bank.
The Wafa news agency reported that a fire broke out in a building following the explosion but details remain scarce as Israel has forced the displacement of residents from the area.
The Palestinian news agency said bulldozers also levelled streets in the Jabal al-Nasr area of the camp and raided a house near the al-Nasr Mosque.
Israel cancels visas of French lawmakers before planned visit
Israel’s government has cancelled the visas of a group of 27 leftist French lawmakers several days before they were scheduled to visit Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories, using a law that allows authorities to bar those seen as unfriendly to Israel.
“For the first time, two days before our departure, the Israeli authorities cancelled our entry visas that had been approved one month ago,” they group of lawmakers said. “We want to understand what led to this sudden decision, which resembles collective punishment.”
“Deliberately preventing elected officials and parliamentarians from travelling cannot be without consequences,” the group said, asking French President Emmanuel Macron to intervene.
Video shows aftermath of US strike on Yemen’s Hodeidah
The video published by the Houthi-affiliated Al Masirah TV shows the damage caused by a US attack on the building of the General Authority for Maritime Affairs in the port city of Hodeidah.
The footage shows bombed-out walls, broken windows and collapsed ceilings.
As we’ve been reporting, the Houthis say US forces carried out at least 29 attacks across Yemen on Saturday, killing at least three people in the capital, Sanaa.
The attacks come days after US forces bombed the Ras Isa fuel terminal on the Red Sea coast, killing at least 80 people and wounding more than 150 others.
The US has said its campaign against the Houthis is designed to protect international shipping vessels in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden from repeated attacks.
مشاهد أولية من استهداف مبنى الهيئة العامة للشؤون البحرية بميناء #الحديدة #جرائم_العدوان_الأمريكي pic.twitter.com/E4BniYTwOU
— قناة المسيرة (@TvAlmasirah) April 19, 2025
Three dead in US strikes on Sanaa: Houthis
The Houthi-run Saba News Agency says that three people have died in US strikes on Sanaa, and 12 people were injured. Video of the aftermath of the attacks has begun to emerge, with footage showing a light speeding through the sky before impact on the city.
At least 12 killed in US strikes on market in Sanaa: Houthis
The death toll from Sunday night’s US strikes on a market in the Yemeni capital Sanaa has risen to 12, the Houthis say. Thirty people were also injured in the strike on al-Farwah market and the wider al-Farwah area in Shoub district.
The Houthis’ Saba News Agency reported that rescue workers were still looking for people stuck under the rubble of buildings destroyed in the attack.
Separately, the Houthis have also reported US strikes in Saada governorate, in Yemen’s far north, near the Saudi border.
Lebanese PM hails army for preventing rocket attack on Israel
As we reported earlier, the Lebanese army announced that for the first time since Israel’s ceasefire with Hezbollah in November, it stopped an impending rocket attack on Israel and made several arrests.
The office of Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam has praised the “professional work” that it said would help towards stabilising the country.
He urged the security forces to “thwart suspicious plots that seek to embroil Lebanon in further wars” and said this work proves that the Lebanese state is moving towards full sovereignty over its territory with its own forces.
“The Lebanese state alone is the authority that makes decisions regarding war and peace, and is the body authorised to possess weapons.”
Below are released images of rockets and launching pads confiscated by the Lebanese army during the raid.
إلحاقًا بالبيان الصادر بتاريخ ١٦ / ٤ / ٢٠٢٥ والمتعلق بتوقيف عدد من أفراد المجموعة التي نفذت عمليتَي إطلاق صواريخ في جنوب لبنان، ونتيجة المتابعة والرصد والتحقيقات المستمرة، توافرت لدى مديرية المخابرات معلومات عن التحضير لعملية جديدة لإطلاق صواريخ باتجاه الأراضي الفلسطينية المحتلة.… pic.twitter.com/sICfmkBQwy
— الجيش اللبناني (@LebarmyOfficial) April 20, 2025
Attempts at normal life disrupted by Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon
A restaurant has a picturesque view of the tree-covered mountains of southern Lebanon, but its diners have all jumped from their seats, leaving their belongings behind. Some film, even as they cower.
The smoke rising from the nearby mountains indicates what has happened – an Israeli air strike, one of at least three that took place in southern Lebanon today.
It killed two people. Israel said a Hezbollah commander was among the dead although that has not been confirmed by the Lebanese group.
Israel says it strikes Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon
The Israeli military says in a statement that it has carried out strikes targeting “several launchers and a military infrastructure site from which Hezbollah terrorists operated in the area of Nabatieh in southern Lebanon”.
The announcement follows what Israel said was a strike targeting a Hezbollah operative in Houla in southern Lebanon earlier in the day.
استمروا بالمباراة رغم الغارات التي كانت تحاوطهم.. مشهد يوم الأحد من الجنوب! pic.twitter.com/5EWpYja3d0
— bintjbeil.org (@bintjbeilnews) April 20, 2025
Israeli probe into killing of paramedics in Gaza finds ‘no evidence’ of execution
An inquiry into the killings of Palestinian paramedics that led to international outrage has found “no evidence to support claims of execution”, the Israeli army has said in a statement.
“Such claims are blood libels and false accusations against [Israeli] soldiers,” it said.
That’s despite multiple testimonies and evidence of execution-style killings, and the Israeli army changing its account of the killings only after a video emerged contradicting its claim that the convoy had approached “suspiciously”. The footage revealed that the convoy – ambulances, a fire truck and a UN vehicle – were clearly marked and had their lights on.
The Israeli statement added that a deputy commander would be fired after the examination “identified several professional failures, breaches of orders, and a failure to fully report the incident”.
When lies fail, pin it on one person and pretend it's an unfortunate outlier...
More on Israel’s probe into Palestinian medics’ killings
Here are the main findings of the Israeli army inquiry into the killing of 15 medics and aid workers in Gaza on March 23.
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