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Gaza Nazi Holocaust Day: 556
An UN official inspects the al-Ahli Hospital, which is out of service after being attacked by the Israeli army, in Gaza City, Gaza, on Monday, April 14, 2025 (Dawoud Abo Alkas/Anadolu)
Compilation of news reports – IAK staff
Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip killed at least 39 more Palestinians in the last 24 hours, the Health Ministry said on Monday.
A Palestinian man was also killed in the West Bank (more below).
NOTE: The Gaza Health Ministry’s daily casualty figures are based on the number of dead and wounded Palestinians brought to hospitals, and does not include victims that are under the rubble or elsewhere, where ambulance and civil defense crews can not reach them.
In Yemen, at least seven people were killed and nearly 30 others wounded in a fresh wave of US air strikes near Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, according to the Houthis, who made the announcement on Monday.
Since March 15, the United States has carried out hundreds of airstrikes across Yemen, resulting in the deaths of 123 civilians and injuring at least 247 others, mostly women and children, according to casualty figures released by Ansarallah on Monday.
Hamas rejects truce proposal that calls on Palestinian groups to ‘surrender’
Hamas has rejected a ceasefire proposal that would see all armed groups in Gaza “surrender” to Israel, with the Palestinian movement accusing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of sabotaging efforts to broker a truce and end the 18-month war.
Senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri told Al Jazeera Arabic on Monday that the group was “open to all offers that alleviate the suffering of our people”, but the latest draft Israeli proposal was demanding Palestinians agree to a “surrender.”
“Netanyahu is setting impossible conditions to sabotage the ceasefire agreement,” Abu Zuhri said.
“In its latest proposal, the occupation [Israel] does not commit to a full cessation of war – it only wants to receive the captives. We are ready to release all the living and dead captives at once in exchange for ending the war and withdrawal from the Gaza Strip,” he said.
“Surrender is not an option for the Hamas movement, and we will not accept breaking the will of our people… Hamas will not surrender, will not raise the white flag, and will use all pressure cards against the occupation,” he added (continue reading here).
Israeli army releases 10 Palestinian detainees from Gaza
The Israeli army released 10 Palestinian detainees from the Gaza Strip on Monday, the Prisoners Media Office said.
The media office said that the freed Palestinians appeared in poor health and were transported to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the central city of Deir al-Balah by Red Cross vehicles.
The 10 Palestinians were detained by the Israeli army from the Jabaliya refugee camp in northern Gaza six months ago, it added.
Last week, some 80 Palestinian detainees were released from Israeli prisons, with at least 10 of them in critical health conditions.
There are no exact figures about the number of Gazans held by Israel, but estimates suggest that their numbers are in the thousands.
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Faith Amid Ruins: Gaza’s Christians Mark Palm Sunday
Christians in Gaza City gathered to observe Palm Sunday, the occasion preceding Easter, at the historic St. Porphyrius Orthodox Church. The solemn celebration unfolded just hours after Israeli airstrikes devastated the reception and emergency buildings of the nearby Baptist Hospital.
The joy traditionally associated with Palm Sunday was absent from the faces of worshippers. Typically, a festive occasion eagerly awaited by Christians, especially children, the day is marked by families dressing their children in holiday attire and carrying long candles in a celebratory atmosphere. This year, however, the mood was somber.
St. Porphyrius Church, located in Gaza’s Zeitoun neighborhood, stands as the city’s oldest church. Named after Saint Porphyrius, who is buried there, the church holds his tomb in its northeastern corner.
The Baptist Hospital, operated by the Episcopal Anglican Church in Jerusalem, suffered extensive damage in the airstrikes. A nearby church affiliated with the hospital also sustained significant harm.
Situated in a residential area of Zeitoun, the hospital lies close to St. Philip’s Evangelical Church to the west, separated by Umm al-Limon Street (continue reading here).
‘Hamas not defeated, reserves forces overstretched’: Israeli army chief
Israel’s new Chief of Staff, Eyal Zamir, has warned the government that the military lacks the manpower and resources to fulfill its expansive goals in Gaza without a political strategy to accompany military operations, Ynet reported on 14 April.
According to security sources speaking with the Israeli newspaper, Zamir warned that the achievements of the soldiers in Gaza have been eroded because the government has refused to promote a political move that includes replacing Hamas, which remains in control of the Gaza Strip even a year and a half after the outbreak of the war.
The security sources stated that Zamir aims to militarily defeat Hamas in a major ground operation. However, a full and renewed occupation of the Gaza Strip will take, according to military estimates, many months, and possibly even years, and will require the redeployment of tens of thousands of fighters – many of whom are in the reserves.
The security sources stated that only 60 to 70 percent of reservists being called up are actually reporting for duty, and there are fears that these numbers will not increase if a full offensive on Gaza is ordered.
The sources stated the military also lacks sufficient numbers of tanks and armored personnel carriers to carry out a full invasion of Gaza, and is concerned about its current ammunition stockpile, especially if an attack on Iran is ordered or the war with Hezbollah in the north is renewed.
Over 13,000 Israeli military personnel, civilians sign petitions to halt war, release hostages held in Gaza
Pressure is mounting on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to end his brutal war on the Gaza Strip as thousands of military personnel and civilians, including doctors, academics, and intelligence veterans, have signed urgent petitions demanding the government prioritize the release of Israelis held in the Palestinian enclave, even if it means ending the war in the enclave.
Signatories included approximately 3,500 academics, over 3,000 teachers, 1,000 parents, nearly 3,000 Israeli medical professionals, alongside three Nobel laureates, and about 150 former Israeli soldiers from the elite the Golani Brigade, as well as 350 Israeli authors, poets, and literary professionals.
Additionally, former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and former Chief of Staff Dan Halutz added their names to a petition signed by 1,525 Armored Corps soldiers; more than 1,600 veterans from the Paratroopers and Infantry Brigades, and about 170 graduates of the elite “Talpiot” military intelligence program signed petitions.
Among the messages were, “the war primarily serves political and personal interests. Its continuation will lead to the deaths of hostages, soldiers, and innocent civilians and will drain the reserve forces“; “as shown in the past, only a negotiated agreement can ensure the safe return of the abducted to Israel”; and “We reject the dangerous idea that there are no innocents in Gaza. We refuse to abandon the hostages or dehumanize others.” Another accusing Netanyahu of sabotaging an agreed ceasefire, “fearing the war’s end would mean the end of his rule and his freedom as a criminal defendant.”
Hundreds of illegal Israeli settlers storm Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque to mark Passover
Hundreds of illegal Israeli settlers forced their way on Monday into the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in occupied East Jerusalem to mark the second day of the Jewish Passover holiday.
In a statement, the Islamic Endowments Department in Jerusalem said 765 illegal settlers entered the flashpoint site in groups under the protection of Israeli police through the Al-Mugharbah Gate area, west of the holy mosque.
The agency said that nearly 500 illegal settlers stormed the mosque on the first day of Passover on Sunday.
Palestinian Youth Succumbs to Injuries Near Ramallah
A Palestinian young man succumbed to gunshot wounds he sustained before dawn when Israeli forces invaded the Al-Jalazone refugee camp, north of Ramallah, in the central occupied West Bank.
The Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed that Malek Ali al-Hattab, 19, succumbed, on Monday evening, to the injuries he suffered after occupation soldiers shot him in the abdomen with live ammunition, just hours earlier.
Before dawn on Monday, the army stormed the Al-Jalazone refugee camp and opened fire with live ammunition towards Palestinian youths who protested the incursion, shooting three young men.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) ambulance crews transported three wounded young men, including Al-Hattab, to the hospital for treatment, where he died.
Israeli army forces raid West Bank hospital, detain Palestinian
Israeli army forces raided a hospital in the West Bank city of Jenin on Monday and detained a Palestinian, witnesses said.
The raid targeted the Jenin Government Hospital, where Israeli forces took into custody a Palestinian youth from the facility’s emergency department, they added.
Some hospital staff were also arrested during the raid.
According to Palestinian figures, at least 16,400 Palestinians were detained by the Israeli army in the West Bank since October 2023, including those who were released after being arrested.
The figure does not include those arrested from the Gaza Strip, whose numbers are estimated to be in the thousands.
Israel demolishes statue of Christian saint in southern Lebanon on Palm Sunday
The Israeli occupation army demolished a statue of Saint George in the town of Yaroun, in the Nabatieh Governorate in southern Lebanon, as Christians marked Palm Sunday, according to Lebanese media.
The Lebanese National News Agency (NNA) shared a video showing an Israeli military bulldozer demolishing the statue in violation of the ceasefire agreement and religious rights.
The Israeli attack comes as Christians marked Palm Sunday, the seventh Sunday of Lent and the last Sunday before Good Friday, which is followed by the commemoration of the Resurrection of Christ.
US approves $180m military engine deal with Israel despite Gaza onslaught
The Pentagon has confirmed that Washington greenlit a new $180 million arms deal with Israel—this time involving engines for military vehicles.
In a statement, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said: “The United States is committed to the security of Israel, and it is vital to US national interests to assist Israel to develop and maintain a strong and ready self-defense capability.”
They added, “This proposed sale is consistent with those objectives.”
Palestinian Student Leader Was Called In for Citizenship Interview — Then Arrested by ICE
Mohsen K. Mahdawi arrived at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office in Colchester, Vermont, on Monday. A Palestinian student at Columbia University, he hoped that, after 10 years in the U.S., he would pass the test to become a naturalized citizen.
Instead, agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested him and began the process to deport him to the occupied West Bank. Mahdawi, a leader of the campus protest movement against Israel’s war on Gaza, became yet another green card holder arrested and facing removal.
“Mohsen Mahdawi was unlawfully detained today for no reason other than his Palestinian identity,” Mahdawi’s attorney Luna Droubi said in a statement to The Intercept. “He came to this country hoping to be free to speak out about the atrocities he has witnessed, only to be punished for such speech.”
Mahdawi’s lawyers filed a habeas corpus petition on Monday morning challenging the legality of his detention, alleging the government was violating his statutory and due process rights by punishing him for speech related to Palestine and Israel. The filing said it appears that Mahdawi was facing deportation under the obscure provision used in other recent cases that gives Secretary of State Marco Rubio the right to unilaterally declare immigrants as threats to American foreign policy.
A federal judge signed a temporary restraining order on Monday to keep Mahdawi from being moved out of Vermont while his case is pending.
Mahdawi was one of the leaders of the pro-Palestine student protest movement until spring 2024, when he said he took a step back from the movement to focus on building bridges with Jewish and Israeli communities on campus (continue reading here).
No evidence linking Tufts student to antisemitism or terrorism, State Dept. office found
Days before masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detained Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk to deport her, the State Department determined that the Trump administration had not produced any evidence showing that she engaged in antisemitic activities or made public statements supporting a terrorist organization, as the government has alleged.
The finding,contained in a March memo that was described to The Washington Post, said Secretary of State Marco Rubio did not have sufficient grounds for revoking Ozturk’s visa under an authority empowering the top U.S. diplomat to safeguard the foreign policy interests of the United States (continue reading here).
Harvard says it will not ‘yield’ to Trump demands over $9bn in funding cuts over ‘antisemitism’
Harvard University said that it will not comply with a new list of demands from the Trump administration issued last week that the government says are designed to crack down on antisemitism and alleged civil rights violations at elite academic institutions.
In a message to the Harvard community, the university president, Alan Garber, vowed that the school would not yield to the government’s pressure campaign. “The university will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights,” Garber said.
The Trump administration said it would review $9bn of federal grants and contracts, including Harvard’s research hospitals, as part of its effort to “root out antisemitism”.
In a letter last week from the government’s antisemitism taskforce, the university was accused of having “failed to live up to both the intellectual and civil rights conditions that justify federal investment”.
The Trump administration has also demanded that Harvard ban face masks and close its diversity, equity and inclusion programs, which it says teach students and staff “to make snap judgments about each other based on crude race and identity stereotypes”. The administration also demanded that Harvard cooperate with federal immigration authorities.
The administration further asked Harvard to reform its admissions process for international students to screen for students “supportive of terrorism and anti-Semitism” – and to report international students to federal authorities if they break university conduct policies.
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IMEMC Daily Reports
STATISTICS OCTOBER 7, 2023 – APRIL 13, 2025:
- At least 51,937 Palestinians killed, 124,346 injured – including:
- at least 50,983 killed in Gaza (~15,600 children)
- at least 954 killed in the West Bank (~187 children)
- at least 116,274 injured in Gaza
- at least 8,072 injured in the West Bank
According to Palestinian authorities, during the ceasefire Jan. 19- March 18 2025, Israeli attacks killed at least 150 Gazans, and Israel committed at least 962 ceasefire violations.
Thousands of those killed in Gaza have yet to be identified, and an estimated 11,000 more are still buried under rubble.
Reported Israeli death toll from October 7, 2023 – April 13, 2025: ~1,592 – including ~1,139 on October 7, 2023 (~36 children), 407 military forces since the ground invasion began in Gaza, 46 military and civilians in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Israel.
NOTE: It is unknown at this time how many of the deaths and injuries of Israelis on October 7 were caused by Israeli soldiers.https://israelpalestinetimeline.org/death-chart-650px/Hover over each bar for exact numbers. Source: IsraelPalestineTimeline.org
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