- 28 Apr 2024 - 21:35(21:35 GMT)
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- 28 Apr 2024 - 21:30(21:30 GMT)
Palestinian woman killed in Israeli air raid on Rafah: Report
Wafa news agency reports that a Palestinian woman was killed and others have been injured in an Israeli air raid on Rafah.
It stated that Israeli jets bombed a house in a neighbourhood east of Rafah.
Earlier, Wafa reported that a Palestinian was killed and others were injured after Israeli air strikes targeted a vehicle in the northern Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.
- 28 Apr 2024 - 21:15(21:15 GMT)
Israeli FM warns of ‘wave of severe antisemitism’ if ICC issues arrest warrants
Israel Katz, has “instructed all Israeli missions worldwide today [Sunday, April 28] to prepare immediately for a wave of severe antisemitism, anti-Jewish, and anti-Israeli outbreaks” in response to the possible ICC arrest warrants we reported on earlier.
“Due to the severity of the threat to Jewish communities abroad, Foreign Minister Katz also instructed to involve Jewish organizations abroad in the need to prepare for such events, including coordinating the enhancement of security around Jewish institutions with the authorities,” a Foreign Ministry statement said.
The ministry quoted Katz as saying, “We expect the court to prevent the issuance of arrest warrants against senior Israeli officials in the political and security echelons.”
- 28 Apr 2024 - 21:00(21:00 GMT)
Jewish voices divided at City University of New York protest encampment
I will say that this movement has divided not just the nation but also the Jewish community.
There was a group of Orthodox Jews who were supporting the protest. One of them burned his Israeli passport.
I also spoke to a man who said he was a former Israeli soldier, he had been in Gaza, and he disagreed with the protests and was critical of Hamas.
He tried to get into this protest but was ejected and police had to escort him to their car. They didn’t arrest him but said it was for his own safety.
Inside this protest, you don’t see division at all. Everybody here is very supportive of this student movement. You can see all the tents, which are increasing, as are the protests. It is a Sunday afternoon and there are a lot of people here.
- 28 Apr 2024 - 20:45(20:45 GMT)
Qatar ambassador to US rejects claims of links with campus protests
Meshal Hamad Al Thani has said that Qatar is not financially backing protests on US college campuses, despite accusations to the contrary.
“Qatar is not a large donor to U.S. universities. The Qatar Foundation pays the costs for six U.S. universities to maintain faculty and operate campuses in Qatar, educating and awarding degrees to women and men from Qatar and others who wish to study there,” he wrote in a post on X.
“These are not donations,” he said. “Qatar does not influence these universities, and we have nothing to do with anything that happens on their home campuses in the U.S.”
Regarding media reports alleging some link between Qatar and recent events on U.S. university campuses, it is important to get the facts straight.
Qatar is not a large donor to U.S. universities.
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— Meshal Hamad AlThani (@Amb_AlThani) April 28, 2024
- 28 Apr 2024 - 20:30(20:30 GMT)
Blinken to travel to Jordan and Israel
The US State Department says the Secretary of State will expand his trip to the Middle East and continue onto Jordan and Israel after visiting Saudi Arabia.
In a statement, State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said Blinken will focus on efforts to secure a ceasefire in Gaza, which will see the release of captives and ensure that humanitarian aid into the besieged coastal enclave continues and increases.
- 28 Apr 2024 - 20:15(20:15 GMT)
Photos: Day 11 of the pro-Palestine encampment at Columbia University
- 28 Apr 2024 - 20:00(20:00 GMT)
WATCH: Will it be safe for Palestinians in Gaza to return and rebuild their homes?
The United Nations warns it could take 14 years to clear the rubble and unexploded bombs in Gaza after describing the state of the besieged enclave as “unprecedented levels of destruction” since the start of the war in October.
Al Jazeera’s Inside Story speaks to experts about whether it will be safe for people to return and rebuild their homes once the war is over.
Watch the discussion below:
- 28 Apr 2024 - 19:50(19:50 GMT)
Hamas delegation to visit Cairo on Monday for ceasefire talks
A Hamas official has told Reuters news agency that the delegation will discuss a ceasefire proposal handed by the group to mediators from Qatar and Egypt, as well as Israel’s response.
Another senior Hamas official said the delegation will fly to Cairo from Doha, adding it will be led by Khalil Al-Hayya, deputy to Hamas’s Gaza chief.
The talks will take place between the Hamas delegation and the Qatari and the Egyptian mediators to discuss remarks the group has made over the Israeli response to its recent proposal.
- 28 Apr 2024 - 19:40(19:40 GMT)
Biden reiterated position on Rafah in call with Netanyahu
The White House says US President Joe Biden spoke with the Israeli PM and “reiterated his clear position” on a possible invasion of the Gaza border city of Rafah.
A statement issued by the White House did not give more details of that part of the conversation.
Washington has said that it could not support a Rafah operation without an appropriate and credible humanitarian plan.
Speaking earlier, White House national security spokesperson John Kirby said Israel had agreed to listen to US concerns and thoughts before it launches an invasion.
Several of Israel’s allies, the United Nations and major NGOs have urged Israel not to invade the southern Gaza Strip city, in which hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians are currently sheltering.
Earlier, we reported that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said only the US could stop Israel from launching the ground invasion of Rafah.
- 28 Apr 2024 - 19:30(19:30 GMT)
LISTEN: What it means to give birth in Gaza
Lubna al-Rayyes dreamed about having a child. When she found out that meant having a Caesarean section in Gaza, her dream became a nightmare.
Israel’s war on Gaza has shut down maternity wards. She had two choices: deliver on her own, or find a way out.
- 28 Apr 2024 - 19:20(19:20 GMT)
WATCH: Is starvation an Israeli weapon in Gaza?
As the world waits for a ceasefire and a permanent end to the bloody conflict, the question arises: “What will the day after look like for Gaza once the war is over?”
Sigrid Kaag, UN senior humanitarian and reconstruction coordinator for Gaza, talks to Al Jazeera:
- 28 Apr 2024 - 19:10(19:10 GMT)
Could Netanyahu also face arrest in Israel?
We have reported on the possible arrest warrant by the ICC for Israeli PM Netanyahu. Israel is not a member of the court and does not recognise its jurisdiction.
However, the embattled PM is currently in the midst of a domestic corruption trial in which he has been charged with fraud, bribery and breach of trust in three cases filed in 2019.
If convicted in a bribery case, he could be sentenced to up to 10 years in jail.
Netanyahu has denied the charges and claimed that the indictments were part of a politically charged witch-hunt by rivals.
Netanyahu has been accused of using a controversial judicial overhaul plan – which has sparked more than a year of protests in Israel – to circumvent his legal troubles.
- 28 Apr 2024 - 18:50(18:50 GMT)
Photos: Students set up protest encampment at McGill University in Canada
- 28 Apr 2024 - 18:40(18:40 GMT)
Israeli gov’t received indications ICC could issue arrest warrant for Netanyahu, ministers: Report
The Israeli government has received indications from senior legal officials that the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor is considering issuing arrest warrants for Israeli officials, including PM Benjamin Netanyahu, according to a report by Israel’s Channel 12.
The ICC is currently investigating Israel’s actions in the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
In addition to Netanyahu, these investigations could lead to arrest warrants being issued for Defence Minister Yoav Gallant and Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi.
The Israeli newspaper Maariv also reported that Netanyahu is “frightened and unusually stressed” by the possibility of an ICC arrest warrant.
On Friday, Netanyahu posted on X that under his leadership, “Israel will never accept any attempt by the ICC to undermine its inherent right of self-defense”.
The ICC case is separate from several ongoing cases against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), including one brought by South Africa that alleges that Israel is committing the crime of genocide in its continuing war on Gaza.
The ICJ was created to resolve conflicts between states; the ICC prosecutes individuals for crimes.
- 28 Apr 2024 - 18:30(18:30 GMT)
LISTEN: What are the challenges of clearing tonnes of rubble from Gaza?
The United Nations says clearing the debris from Israel’s war on Gaza will be a huge challenge that could take 14 years. Unexploded munitions will also make this a dangerous task.
So, what will this mean for the millions of Palestinians who hope to return to their homes? Listen to the discussion below:
- 28 Apr 2024 - 18:10(18:10 GMT)
Palestinian killed in Israeli strike on Nuseirat refugee camp
Wafa news agency reports that a Palestinian was killed and others were injured after Israeli air strikes targeted a vehicle in the northern Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.
Citing local sources, the news agency said an Israeli drone fired a missile targeting a vehicle in the camp north of Nuseirat, adding that Israeli artillery also shelled the western areas of the city of Beit Lahiya in the north of Gaza.
- 28 Apr 2024 - 18:00(18:00 GMT)
Israeli forces detained 15 Palestinians in occupied West Bank
According to the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society, the detainees included a girl, two children, and former prisoners.
The detentions took place in Tulkarem, Qalqiliya, Jenin, Tubas, Salfit, Jericho and occupied East Jerusalem overnight.
“This brings the number of Palestinians detained by Israeli forces since October 7 to 8,495,” the organisations said.
Sixteen detainees have died in Israeli prisons since that time, the organisations added. The bodies of all but one are being withheld by Israeli authorities, preventing families from burying them.
- 28 Apr 2024 - 17:50(17:50 GMT)
WATCH: What role do US tech giants play in powering Israeli war crimes?
US tech giants, including Google, Meta and Amazon, face pushback from their workers for supporting the Israeli military.
After Amazon and Google signed a $1.2bn contract to launch Project Nimbus, providing cloud technology to the Israeli government and the military, tech workers started to notice more Israeli use of artificial intelligence against the Palestinian people.
Watch the latest episode of The Bottom Line below:
- 28 Apr 2024 - 17:40(17:40 GMT)
Students protesting Israel’s war on Gaza being punished by US universities
Hundreds of students in the US are being arrested, suspended, put on probation and, in rare cases, expelled from their universities for participating in pro-Palestinian demonstrations, with many still waiting to hear the full consequences of their actions, The Associated Press reports.
Last week, more than 100 faculty members at Columbia University and affiliated Barnard College staged a “Rally to Support Our Students”, condemning the arrests and demanding suspensions be lifted.
Crackdowns continued at a handful of campuses on Saturday, including a lockdown at the University of Southern California and a heavy police presence. More than 200 people were arrested at a handful of schools including 80 late on Saturday at Washington University in St Louis.
At issue is whether universities and law enforcement will clear the students of charges, or whether the suspensions and legal records will follow them into their adult lives.
- 28 Apr 2024 - 17:30(17:30 GMT)
Hezbollah military compound destroyed: Israeli military
The Israeli military says that it destroyed Hezbollah infrastructure in Lebanon’s Aita al-Shaab area, and that two rockets were recently launched from Lebanon towards the area of Har Dov in northern Israel.
Since October 8, the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah and the Israeli military have traded fire regularly.
You can read our in-depth analysis of these cross-border attacks here.
- 28 Apr 2024 - 17:20(17:20 GMT)
Gaza aid pier to become operational in ‘two-three weeks’
The White House says a US-made pier it says will boost aid to Gaza will become operational in a few weeks.
“It will take probably two to three weeks before we can really see an operation,” White House national security spokesman John Kirby said on ABC News.
Kirby said that while the pier will bring more food and other essentials into Gaza, it has limits.
“Nothing can replace the ground routes and the trucks that are getting in,” Kirby said.
- 28 Apr 2024 - 17:10(17:10 GMT)
Palestinian Christians pray on Orthodox Palm Sunday in Gaza City
- 28 Apr 2024 - 17:00(17:00 GMT)
‘Israel operates with full adherence to all laws of war’: Minister
An Israeli official has hit out at the International Criminal Court as news reports suggest it will soon issue arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, and army chief Herzi Halevi.
“There’s nothing more distorted than attempting to prevent Israel from defending itself against a murderous enemy openly calling for the destruction of the state of Israel,” said Foreign Minister Israel Katz in a warning to diplomatic staff abroad.
“If the warrants are issued, they will harm [Israeli army] commanders and soldiers and encourage the Hamas terror organization and the radical Islamic axis led by Iran against whom we are fighting,” Katz added.
“Israel operates with full adherence to all laws of war … accompanied by a robust and independent legal system, and provides extensive humanitarian aid to the population in Gaza in collaboration with international bodies, even though Hamas uses the population as human shields, attacks, and complicates the delivery of aid.”
- 28 Apr 2024 - 16:50(16:50 GMT)
White House calls for ‘peaceful’ university protests as hundreds are arrested
The White House says pro-Palestinian protests that have rocked US universities in recent weeks must remain peaceful after police arrested 275 people on four separate campuses over the weekend.
“We certainly respect the right of peaceful protests,” National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told ABC’s This Week programme.
The wave of demonstrations began at Columbia University in New York, but has since spread rapidly across the country – even globally.
While peace has prevailed in many campuses, the number of protesters detained – at times by police in riot gear using chemical irritants and tasers – is rising fast.
They include 100 at Northeastern University in Boston, 80 at Washington University in St Louis, 72 at Arizona State University, and 23 at Indiana University.
Among those arrested at Washington University was Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein, who faulted police for aggressive tactics she said provoked the sort of trouble they are meant to quell.
Israel’s war on Gaza updates: ‘Biggest catastrophe’ facing Palestinians
‘New momentum’ reported in ceasefire talks as Hamas delegation flies to Egypt to give its response to latest proposal.
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- Palestinian President Abbas appeals to the US to help stop Israel’s planned invasion of Rafah as Israeli attacks kill 66 people in last 24 hours.
- Diplomatic efforts intensify to reach a ceasefire in Gaza as a Hamas delegation heads to Egypt after news reports suggest Israel may be considering a “sustainable” truce.
- Israeli military’s chief of staff approves plans for the “continuation of war” as hardline ministers warn PM Netanyahu his government will collapse if a truce is agreed on.
- At least 34,454 Palestinians killed and 77,575 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7. The revised death toll in Israel from Hamas’s October 7 attacks stands at 1,139 with dozens of people still held captive in Gaza.
Source: Al Jazeera and news agencies