In the West Bank, Israeli settlers attack a Palestinian man and try to steal his car near Khirbet Ibziq. Israeli settlers also set fire to a wedding hall and spray racist graffiti on walls in Bidya. Elsewhere, Israeli settlers vandalize barns in Arab al-Milehat. Israeli forces shoot and kill a Palestinian woman, claiming she was throwing stones near the Ariel settlement. Israeli forces also shoot and injure a Palestinian man in Nablus. Elsewhere, Israeli forces raid Al-Quds University in Abu Dis, firing tear gas at Palestinians protesting the Israeli genocide in Gaza, injuring 26 people. Israeli forces also continue raids in Jenin and Jenin refugee camp for the 77th day in a row, shooting and injuring a Palestinian man in Jenin and blowing up a home in Jenin refugee camp. Meanwhile, Israeli forces demolish 2 homes in Bruqin, 2 homes in as-Samu, and a home in Wadi Fukin. Israeli forces also detonate explosives inside a home in Rujeib, arresting 3 people in it. Separately, Israeli forces continue raids in Tulkarm, Tulkarm refugee camp, and Nur Shams refugee camp for the 71st day in a row. Israeli forces also arrest 35 Palestinians during late-night raids in Tubas, Bethlehem, Nablus, Ramallah, and Hebron. In Gaza, Israeli forces bomb Nuseirat refugee camp, Beit Lahiya, al-Mawasi, Gaza City, Rafah, and Dayr al-Balah, killing at least 58 Palestinians. Palestinian journalist Ahmed Mansour succumbs to severe burns sustained in Khan Yunis on 4/8, bringing the death toll for journalists in Gaza to 211. In Lebanon, Israeli forces bomb Baalbek and the Beeka Valley. In Yemen, U.S. forces bomb Hodeidah, killing 14 people, including 3 children. U.S. forces also bomb Sanaa, al-Jumainah, Jarban, and Marib. (AJ, AP, HA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA 4/8; AJ, UNOCHA 4/10)
More than 50,810 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza, including at least 17,881 children and 12,749 women, and around 115,688 have been injured since 10/7/2023. In addition, 14,222 Palestinians who have been missing are presumed dead. 944 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces and settlers in the West Bank and East Jerusalem since 10/7/2023, including 189 children. More than 6,500 people have been injured. Israel reports that 1,139 Israelis and foreign nationals have been killed and 5,400 injured in Israel since 10/7/2023, including Israeli soldiers. In addition, 408 Israeli soldiers have been killed and 2,584 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. 92% of all housing units in Gaza have been destroyed or severely damaged since 10/7/2023. More than 1,449 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since 3/18. (AJ, UNOCHA, UNOCHA, WAFA 4/8)
Israeli forces raid 6 UNRWA schools in East Jerusalem, notifying them that they be forced to close in 30 days. UNRWA commissioner-general Philippe Lazzarini says the closure will affect 800 Palestinian children and that the schools are protected by UN immunity. PA prime minister Mohammad Mustafa calls on the UN to do more to protect the UN-run schools. (AJ, AJ, AP, HA, WAFA, WAFA 4/8; AJ 4/9; UNOCHA 4/10)
Hamas accuses the PA of suppressing Gaza solidarity protesters in the West Bank on 4/7, saying several were arrested. (AJ 4/8)
Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and French president Emmanuel Macron visits wounded Palestinians at a hospital in El Arish in Egypt. (WAFA 4/8)
UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres tells the press that “as aid [to Gaza] has dried up, the floodgates of horror have re-opened. Gaza is a killing field and civilians are in an endless death loop.” Guterres points to 3 articles of the Fourth Geneva Convention that Israel is violating, saying “there must be justice and accountability.” He also rejects an Israeli plan which would see Israeli full control of future aid dispersal, saying it risks “further controlling and callously limiting aid down to the last calorie and grain of flour.” (AJ, AJ, AP, HA, NYT, REU, UNOCHA, WAFA 4/8; WAFA 4/9)
The Israeli Supreme Court places an interim injunction on Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's firing of Shin Bet director Ronen Bar, saying he must remain in office while the government and the attorney-general's office discuss the firing. (AJ, AP, HA, NYT 4/8)
Dutch foreign minister Casper Veldkamp summons the Israeli ambassador over the situation in Gaza. The meeting will take place on 4/9. (AJ, WAFA 4/8)
U.S. federal agents detain and question an American lawyer representing a pro-Palestine protester at the Detroit Metro Airport after he returns from vacation. Amir Makled says the agents demanded to see his phone and asked questions about his clients. (AJ 4/8)
Reuters reports that the Trump administration has frozen $1 billion in federal funding for Cornell University and $790 million in funding for Northwestern University, citing investigations into pro-Palestine protests on their campuses. (AJ, HA 4/9)