Israeli rights group files petition demanding disclosure of paramedic’s location
Israeli civil rights group HaMoked has filed a petition with the High Court, demanding the military reveal the whereabouts of Asaad Nasasra, a Palestinian paramedic detained during a deadly Israeli assault last month that killed 15 emergency responders.
“This petition concerns the most basic right of a detainee: That his detention and location will be made known,” HaMoked lawyerAmeeneh Qumbar said, according to Middle East Monitor.
“Israeli authorities must immediately inform his family of Mr. Nasasra’s whereabouts, even if he is not allowed to meet with an attorney,” she added, warning that the circumstances raise “grave concerns” for his safety.
Israeli forces opened fire at the medics on March 23 in southern Gaza’s Rafah city, who were driving in ambulances to assist wounded people at the site of an earlier Israeli attack.
The attack was decried by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk, who said the incident raises concern over possible “war crimes” by the Israeli army.
US air strikes target northwestern Yemen
US forces have carried out four raids in the Takhiya area in Majz district, Saada governorate, Houthi-affiliated media outlet Al Masirah TV is reporting.
Dozens of civilians have been reported killed in Houthi-controlled parts of Yemen since March 15 after President Trump ordered daily strikes against the group.
One killed in US air raids on Yemen
Al Masirah TV is reporting that one woman has been killed and one wounded in a US air attack in Saada governorate in Yemen that targeted a home in an area east of the Sahar district.
US forces have also conducted four raids in the Ras Isa area in as-Salif district in the Hodeidah governorate, and one raid in the al-Tawila district in the al-Mahwit governorate.
US Muslim groups urges world to break Israel’s ‘medieval’ Gaza siege
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is calling on global leaders to act to end Israel’s siege on the Gaza Strip, which is “resulting in the intentional starvation of women, children and the elderly”.
CAIR said the US government, in particular, is “complicit in this unconscionable campaign of forced starvation”.
“That complicity must come to an end,” it said.
A Palestinian man inspects the damage from an Israeli attack on a tent sheltering displaced people in Gaza’s Khan Younis, April 25
UN special envoy stresses Israel’s ‘starvation campaign’ violates int’l law
Michael Fakhri, the UN’s special rapporteur on the right to food, says there is no excuse under international law that Israel can use to justify its blockade on food and other humanitarian aid to Gaza.
In an interview with Al Jazeera, Fakhri noted that Israeli leaders have said they are blocking assistance as a means of exerting pressure on Hamas.
“Under international law, there is no condition in which anyone can deny humanitarian aid to civilians. This is Israel admitting that it is using humanitarian aid for civilians as a bargaining chip, as leverage,” he said.
“They’re using human lives, Palestinian civilian lives, as a bargaining chip, and this is a clear violation of international law. There is no exception to this.”
‘Lives depend on it’: WHO urges end to Israel’s aid blockade
WHO chief Tedros has described the humanitarian situation in Gaza as “an awful and grim moment”, citing the latest announcement by the WFP that its food supplies within Gaza have been completely depleted.
“WFP food supplies inside the Strip have run out, even though there is enough food to feed a million people positioned in aid corridors but cannot reach those in need,” he said in a post on X.
Medical supplies are also dwindling, with 16 WHO trucks carrying vital resources awaiting entry into Gaza, he added.
“This aid blockade must end. Lives depend on it,” Tedros warned.
Israel has maintained an eight-week blockade on food, medicine and aid entering Gaza, while continuing aerial attacks on homes and tent shelters – deepening what the UN describes as the war’s “worst humanitarian crisis”.
Currently Online We've reached an awful and grim moment in #Gaza.@WFP food supplies inside the Strip have run out, even though there is enough food to feed a million people positioned in aid corridors but cannot reach those in need.
The situation is the same with medical supplies. They are… https://t.co/I8udakt0UK
— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@DrTedros) April 25, 2025
Hamas calls for mobilisation against settler attacks in occupied West Bank
Hamas released a statement regarding Israeli settler attacks in the occupied West Bank:
‘This is one minute to midnight,’ UK lawmaker warns
British MP Shockat Adam has returned from a trip to the occupied West Bank with a stark warning.
Main events on April 25th
People at ‘breaking point’ in Gaza as ‘famine conditions’ brought on by Israeli blockade
The humanitarian crisis has reached a very unprecedented breaking point in Gaza after the WFP (UN’s World Food Programme) stated that its warehouses have run out of food supplies today.
Raising the alarm about full-blown famine conditions in the Gaza Strip in light of the ongoing closure of border crossings, and also the soaring prices that have been absolutely engulfing … Palestinian local markets here.
Civilians are really struggling to cope with this crisis.
More – and growing – international calls were made to the Israeli side in order to de-escalate tension in Gaza and allow for more aid to access the territory to alleviate this crisis.
Displaced Palestinian children crowd a food kitchen set up by aid organisations at the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza on Thursday
Canada PM Carney calls on Israel to lift its blockade on food entering Gaza
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has called on Israel to allow the World Food Programme (WFP) to operate in Gaza, hours after the UN agency announced it had run out of aid due to Israel’s seven-week blockade.
As we previously reported, the WFP announced on Friday it had delivered its last remaining supplies to kitchens providing hot meals in Gaza and facilities would run out of food imminently.
“The UN World Food Programme just announced that its food stocks in Gaza have run out because of the Israeli Government’s blockade — food cannot be used as a political tool,” Carney said in a post on X.
“Palestinian civilians must not bear the consequences of Hamas’s terrorist crimes,” Carney said. “The World Food Programme must be allowed to resume its lifesaving work.”
A girl puts a pot on her head as Palestinians wait to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza, on April 24
Spain awarded Israeli defence firms 46 contracts since start of Gaza war: Report
Analysis of data published on a public tender platform, carried out by Barcelona-based think tank Centre Delas, shows that the Spanish government has granted 46 contracts worth about 1.45 billion euros ($1.2bn) to Israeli defence companies since October 2023.
The revelation comes despite a pledge from socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez – an outspoken critic of Israel’s war on Gaza – to not trade in arms with Israel.
“It is clearly demonstrated that the government lied, there was no pledge, that was pure propaganda,” the report’s co-author, Eduardo Melero, told the AFP news agency.
The 46 contracts include deals for rocket launchers and missiles, the think tank said in a statement. Ten of the contracts are yet to be formalised.
“If the government had agreed to a comprehensive arms embargo on Israel that included, among other measures, imports and bans on hiring Israeli defence companies or their subsidiaries, none of these contracts would have been signed,” the statement said.
As we previously reported, Spain’s government halted a controversial $7.5m deal to buy ammunition from Israel on Thursday, following criticism from far-left allies within the governing minority coalition.
Indie developer pulls game from Xbox in support of pro-Palestine boycott
https://www.eurogamer.net/indie-developer-pulls-game-from-xbox-in-support-of-pro-palestine-boycott
The developer behind acclaimed indie role-player Tenderfoot Tactics has removed the game from sale on Xbox, and said the decision was made to support a growing Palestinian-lead boycott of Microsoft.
"We have removed Tenderfoot Tactics from sale on Xbox in solidarity with BDS [Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions]," Tenderfoot Tactics developer Badru wrote on social media. "We call on others in our community to do whatever they can to fight this historic injustice. Free Palestine."
Earlier this month, the Palestinian BDS National Committee added Microsoft to its list of companies flagged as having links to the Israeli military. In Microsoft's case, the BDS Movement states that the maker of Windows and Xbox has provided Azure cloud and AI services "central to accelerating Israel's genocide of 2.3 million Palestinians in the illegally occupied Gaza Strip". Eurogamer has contacted Microsoft for comment.
The BDS Movement has subsequently issued a call for a boycott of Microsoft products, including Xbox specifically, as a visible way to pressure the company. Its website suggests cancelling your Xbox Game Pass subscription, and avoiding key Microsoft-owned franchises such as Minecraft, Call of Duty and Candy Crush.
"By boycotting the Xbox brand, we're pressuring Microsoft to end its complicity in Israel's genocide, occupation and apartheid against Palestinians," the BDS Movement states. "Palestinians call on everyone to boycott Microsoft's Xbox and Microsoft gaming products since viable gaming alternatives exist. Genocide is not a game."
Other companies listed by the BDS to be boycotted include computer manufacturer HP, and Reebok, which sponsors the Israel Football Association.
AP reported earlier this month that Microsoft had swiftly fired two employees who interrupted a presentation on AI held during the company's 50th anniversary celebration to protest links to Israel.
Indie Dev Who Pulled Game From Xbox In Solidarity With Palestinian-Led BDS Hopes Others Will Do The Same
https://aftermath.site/ice-water-games-tenderfoot-tactics-xbox-store-removed-bds
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Speaking with Aftermath, Badru, a Seattle-based game worker who considers Tenderfoot Tactics his “baby,” said that though this represents a small loss of revenue for those at Ice Water, there wasn’t any notable pushback against his decision from the group. Ice Water is not a business entity – instead functioning as a calling card for a group of creators who maintain ownership of their games – but it still operates on a consensus-like model.
Badru, already part of a Seattle-based group called Boycott War Profiteers, proposed the idea of pulling Tenderfoot from the Xbox store to Ice Water after BDS declared Microsoft a target, and while some members did not respond at all, the “core people” – including Daniel Crane, a dev who’d just finished porting the game to Xbox – gave him a resounding series of thumbs ups.
"I think for us, it wasn't a super difficult thing to decide, because Tenderfoot Tactics Xbox sales aren't what's supporting all of our lives,” Badru told Aftermath, noting that those sales amount to a few hundred dollars per month. “It's nice to have it on that platform, but it's nice to be able to make the gesture, especially when it's just so exhausting watching what's happening and feeling like we can't do anything. ... I think it's important to be able to use that limited amount of power [we have on platforms] to put whatever pressure we can on things."
He noted that, at least in the short term, increased sales of Tenderfoot Tactics on other platforms – seemingly in support of Ice Water’s tactical retreat from Xbox – have already made up the difference.
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"I know the gaming community has two very different faces, but the side of it that I see the most, especially among indie developers, is very progressive, cares a lot about peace and justice, and does not like to see what's been going on in Palestine,” he said. “People have been really enthusiastically positive about [Tenderfoot Tactics’ removal from the Xbox store]. It's been really nice to see."
UN expert says Israeli PM Netanyahu clearly announced ‘starvation campaign’ in Gaza
The UN’s special rapporteur on the right to food, Michael Fakhri, spoke to Al Jazeera earlier about Israel’s total blockade on Gaza, which has prevented the entry of all food, water and medicine to the territory for more than 50 days.
Here’s more from what the rapporteur said:
“Back in March and January 2024, the International Court of Justice recognised the issue of starvation and famine in Gaza in the context of genocide. And we are seeing it yet again. On March 3, Netanyahu announced that Israel would stop all goods and humanitarian aid from entering Gaza. This was over 50 days ago,” Fakhri said.
“Let’s recall that there is an international criminal warrant against Netanyahu and former [Defence] Minister Gallant for the crime of starvation, for crimes of humanity for mass murder, yet they continue announcing their intentions and executing this starvation campaign with no repercussions,” he said.
“Under international law, there is no condition in which anyone can deny humanitarian aid to civilians. So this is Israel admitting that it is using humanitarian aid for civilians as a bargaining chip, as leverage,” he said.
“This is a clear violation of international law. There is no exception to this.”
Palestinian child Osama el-Rakab is suffering from severe malnutrition and struggling for his life at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, on April 24
“The United States is complicit in the genocide, in the starvation of civilians,” Fakhri said. “Let’s look at who controls the borders, who controls the flow of goods and humanitarian aid, who controls everything that goes in and out of Gaza. It is Israel,” he said.
“What we saw in the last month, one month alone, child acute malnutrition increased by over 80 percent. So they are using children’s lives and the death of thousands in this negotiation process,” he said.
“Again, there is no condition, there is no political excuse to deny humanitarian aid to civilians, no matter what’s going on on the ground,” he added.
Israel using AI weapons to help target Hamas leaders: Report
The Israeli military has used artificial intelligence tools to kill Hamas leaders, including an AI-infused audio tool to track where phone calls are being made from, The New York Times reports, citing several anonymous Israeli and US officials.
The report cites a strike in October 2023 that utilised the audio tool – which had been developed a decade earlier, but augmented with AI tech in 2023 – to locate and kill the commander of Hamas’s Central Jabalia Battalion, Ibrahim Biari.
More than 100 civilians were also killed in that attack, which reportedly tracked Biari’s phone activity to a Hamas tunnel complex under a camp densely populated with displaced Palestinians in Jabalia, northern Gaza.
In addition to concerns over civilian casualties, the Israeli and US officials said there were also instances in which AI tech hastily developed and deployed by the Israeli military has resulted in mistaken identifications since October 2023.
Unilever urges Ben & Jerry’s lawsuit be dismissed, says firm pursued ‘staunchly’ pro-Palestine stance
We have previously reported on the long-running legal battle between Ben & Jerry’s and parent company Unilever over the ice cream maker’s progressive social activism.
Ben & Jerry’s previously filed a lawsuit against Unilever, accusing it of attempting to oust its former chief executive Dave Stever and its board over the ice cream maker’s vocal criticism of Israel and President Trump.
In a court filing on Friday, Unilever rejected the claims and sought to have the case dismissed, as it accused Ben & Jerry’s of pursuing a “staunchly pro-Palestinian, anti-Israeli stance” that caused it to lose investors and tarred its reputation.
Unilever also claimed that Stever was offered a pay increase and a “prominent role in the larger global ice cream business”, but he chose to voluntarily resign on March 31 this year.
A lawyer for Ben & Jerry’s called Unilever’s claims “revisionism” and a “thinly-veiled attempt to save face”.
Police crackdown on Israelis protesting against Israel’s war on Gaza
Israeli police make arrests on Friday as a group of Israelis protest in Jerusalem against Israel’s war on Gaza
Israeli military shoots teenager near Bethlehem
The Wafa news agency, quoting local security sources, reports that Israeli forces wounded the 16-year-old Palestinian during a raid in the occupied West Bank town of Beit Fajjar, south of Bethlehem, on Friday night.
Israeli forces fired live bullets, tear gas and sound bombs as they stormed the town, wounding the teenager in the pelvis, according to Wafa. The severity of his condition is not currently known.
Israeli forces erect metal gates cutting off Jenin refugee camp
Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank have installed metal gates cutting off the Jenin refugee camp from the rest of the city. The Israeli military and Palestinian Authority security forces have been conducting intensive raids in the camp, which was once a hotbed of Palestinian resistance, for months.
Israeli soldiers ‘hid’ among olive trees, shot Palestinian teenager ‘in cold blood’
Rights group Defense for Children International – Palestine (DCI-P) has deplored the killing of a 16-year-old boy shot dead by Israeli forces while closing up the shop where he worked east of Nablus in the occupied West Bank.
The killing occurred when Israeli troops travelling in two military vehicles deployed in the occupied West Bank’s town of Salem on Thursday afternoon. Noticing the military presence, the victim, Abdulkhaleq Mosab Abdulkhaleq Jabour, decided to close up the small shop where he worked.
Moments later, he was shot in the chest while closing up and died of his injuries, DCI-P said, adding the Israeli troops who shot the teenager had “hid among some olive trees” close to the shop and had also impeded relatives from providing first aid.
“Abdulkhaleq was clearly no threat to Israeli soldiers, and yet they fatally shot him anyway, and as usual, no one will be held accountable for killing a Palestinian child in cold blood,” the organisation’s Ayed Abu Eqtaish said in a statement.
Israeli soldiers have now killed 24 Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank so far this year, the children’s rights group said.
Israeli forces shot and killed 16-year-old Abdulkhaleq Jabour today, south of Nablus, while he was closing up the shop where he worked during an Israeli military incursion.
Read more: https://t.co/7H2xsFBeCQ pic.twitter.com/lJP2O4ftBE
— Defense for Children (@DCIPalestine) April 25, 2025
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