In the West Bank, Israeli forces shoot and kill a Palestinian man and injure 2 others, including a child, during a raid in Jericho. Israeli forces also shoot and injure 3 Palestinians during a raid in Beit Umar. In East Jerusalem, hundreds of Israeli settlers led by former MK Yehuda Glick tour the Haram al-Sharif compound. In Gaza, Israeli forces bomb Rafah, Nuseirat refugee camp, Gaza City, Dayr al-Balah, Jabalia refugee camp, and Beit Lahiya, killing at least 32 people. In Lebanon, Israeli forces bomb Hanin, killing 2 people and injuring 6 others. Hezbollah forces attack an Israeli military base north of Acre and the village of Margaliot, causing damage. (AJ, AJ, AP, HA, REU, REU, REU, REU, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA 4/23; UNOCHA 4/24; UNOCHA 4/26)
More than 34,183 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza, including at least 14,520 children and 10,000 women, and around 77,143 have been injured since 10/7/2023. At least 7,000 people are missing in rubble, including 1,700 children. 475 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces and settlers in the West Bank and East Jerusalem since 10/7/2023, including 116 children. More than 4,890 people have been injured. Israel reports that 1,139 Israelis and foreign nationals have been killed and 5,400 have been injured in Israel since 10/7/2023, including Israeli soldiers. In addition, 260 Israeli soldiers have been killed and 1,583 injured in Gaza since the ground invasion began on 10/27/2023. Over 1.93 million Palestinians, nearly 85% of the population of Gaza, have been displaced since 10/7/2023. There has been a complete electricity blackout in Gaza since 10/12/2023 due to the Israeli blockade. At least 70,000 housing units have been destroyed and 290,000 have been damaged in Israeli airstrikes since 10/7/2023, constituting over 60% of all housing units. 209 trucks carrying aid enter Gaza. (AP, HA, REU, WAFA 4/23; UNOCHA 4/26)
The number of bodies found at mass graves at the Nasser Hospital rises to 310. The U.S. State Department calls the reports of mass graves “troubling.” UN high commissioner for human rights Volker Turk calls for independent investigations into the mass graves found at al-Shifa and Nasser hospitals. Israel orders the evacuation of parts of Beit Lahiya. Al Jazeera reports that since 11/23/2023 Israeli forces have used the Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital near Gaza City as military base. (AJ, AJ, AP, HA, NYT, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA 4/23; AP, UNOCHA, WAFA 4/24)
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Club says more than 3,660 Palestinians are being held in administrative detention, the highest number recorded, and that 8,430 Palestinians have been arrested since 10/7/2023. (AJ, WAFA 4/23)
The PA Council of Ministers approves recommendations for reform of the PA, including on anti-corruption and transparency. (REU, WAFA 4/23)
Israeli president Isaac Herzog tells U.S. vice president Kamala Harris that he opposes reported U.S. plans to sanction the Israeli military battalion Netzah Yehuda. (HA 4/23)
The U.S. Senate approves a bill providing Israel $17.18 billion in financial and military aid in a 78 to 18 vote. The bill is signed into law by President Joe Biden on 4/24. (HA, NYT, NYT, NYT 4/23; AJ, AP, HA 4/24)
No Tech for Apartheid says Google has fired 20 more workers who participated in a pro-Palestinian protest at Google offices, raising the number to at least 50 since last week. (AJ, AJ, AX 4/23; HA 4/25)
New York City police arrest 133 pro-Palestinian protesters at New York University. (AJ 4/23)