In the West Bank, Israeli forces shoot and injure 3 Palestinians near Halhul. Israeli forces also shoot and injure a Palestinian man during a raid in Balata refugee camp. Elsewhere, Israeli forces arrest 27 Palestinians during a raid in and around Nablus, Jenin, Bethlehem, Hebron, Tubas, Qalqilya, Beit Umar, and Jerusalem. In East Jerusalem, Israeli settlers tour the Haram al-Sharif compound. Israeli forces detain 13 Israeli settlers trying to bring goats to the Haram al-Sharif compound to perform a ritual slaughter. In Jerusalem, 2 Palestinian children are arrested for allegedly ramming 3 people. In Gaza, Israeli forces bomb Beit Hanun, Beit Lahiya, al-Bureij refugee camp, Nuseirat refugee camp, Rafah, and Gaza City, killing at least 54 people. Israeli forces also bomb al-Awda Hospital in Dayr al-Balah, causing damage to solar panels and water and fuel tanks. An Israeli soldier is killed in combat. In Lebanon, Israeli forces bomb Srifa, injuring 2 people. (AJ, AP, HA, NYT, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA 4/22; AJ, HA, HA 4/23; HA, UNOCHA 4/24)
More than 34,151 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza, including at least 14,520 children and 10,000 women, and around 77,084 have been injured since 10/7/2023. At least 7,000 people are missing in rubble, including 1,700 children. 474 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. 316 trucks carrying aid enter Gaza. (AJ, AP, HA, UNOCHA, UNOCHA, UNRWA 4/22; UNOCHA 4/24)
Gaza Civil Defense teams find additional bodies in 3 mass graves at the Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, bringing the total number of bodies found at the medical complex to 283. Israel releases to Gaza 34 Palestinians who had been arrested in Gaza and taken to Israel. (AJ, HA, WAFA 4/22; UNOCHA 4/24)
PA prime minister Mohammad Mustafa visits wounded Palestinians at a hospital in Tulkarm. PA president Mahmoud Abbas speaks with Spanish prime minister Pedro Sanchez. (WAFA, WAFA 4/22)
The independent investigation into UNRWA, headed by former French foreign minister Catherine Colonna, releases a report saying that Israel has not presented any evidence of URNWA staffers being members of “terrorist organizations.” The Israeli Foreign Ministry says that “Hamas has infiltrated UNRWA so deeply that it is no longer possible to determine where UNRWA ends and where Hamas begins,” now claiming that 2,135 UNRWA staffers are Hamas or Islamic Jihad members. (AJ, AJ, AX, HA, NYT, REU, UN, WAFA, WAFA 4/22; AP, HA, WAFA, WAFA 4/23; WAFA, WAFA 4/24)
Israeli military intelligence head Aharon Haliva resigns, citing failures to prevent the Hamas attack on Israel on 10/7/2023. Central Command chief Yehuda Fuchs also announces his resignation, effective in August. (AJ, AJ, AJ, AP, AX, HA, HA, NYT, REU 4/22; HA 4/24)
U.S. secretary of state Antony Blinken says during the unveiling of the 2023 annual human rights report that the State Department is reviewing allegations that Israel is abusing human rights in Gaza. The State Department report finds that Israel’s attacks on Gaza has had “a significantly negative impact” on the human rights situation. (AJ, HA 4/22)
Jamaica says it has decided to formally recognize the State of Palestine, following Barbados on 4/19 and joining 140 other countries. (AJ, WAFA, WAFA 4/24)
French president Emmanuel Macron tells Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a phone call that France wants to see an immediate and lasting ceasefire in Gaza. (AJ 4/22)
Irish foreign minister Micheal Martin says Ireland and Spain have called on the EU to review the EU-Israel Association Agreement. Martin spoke ahead of an EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting where EU ministers discuss recognition of a Palestinian state, a Gaza ceasefire plan, and humanitarian aid. Dutch foreign minister Henke Bruins Sloot calls on the EU to expand sanctions on Israeli settlers. (AJ, HA 4/22)
Between 40 and 50 people are arrested during a pro-Palestine protest at Yale University. (AJ, REU 4/22)