- Strikes hit a playground and busy market in Maghazi refugee camp with at least 40 Palestinians killed throughout Gaza in the past day as Israel’s onslaught on civilians continues.
- Iran marks Army Day as the international community fearfully watches for Israeli retaliation after the unprecedented attack by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp.
- The UN, US and Palestinian rights groups join growing condemnation of Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
- At least 33,843 Palestinians have been killed and 76,575 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7. The death toll in Israel from Hamas’s October 7 attacks stands at 1,139 and dozens of people are still being held captive in Gaza.
- Iran president warns Israel against retaliation in fiery Army Day speechReporting from Tehran, IranThe Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi spoke two hours ago but his words were not broadcast live.What we’ve seen over the past few minutes is a videotaped feed of the president’s speech, in which he reiterated Iran’s successful campaign against Israel in the “True Promise” operation on Sunday.The Iranian president also said should there be the smallest attempt by Israel to attack Iranian soil it will be met with a “fierce and swift response”. The president went on to say there is no need for a foreign troop presence in the region, and countries in the Middle East are able to defend themselves.Iran’s National Army Day began in 1921 as a result of a military coup that overthrew the Qajar dynasty. Since then, Iran has held an annual parade to show its forces are ready and usually unveils military hardware.The event in the past was held outside of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s mausoleum in Tehran. But because of security concerns, it was moved to a military base east of the capital this year.
- Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi [File: West Asia News Agency via Reuters]
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- At least 40 people have been killed in Israeli attacks throughout the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours.Iran warns Israel it will face a “painful response” if it takes the “slightest action” to retaliate against Tehran’s missile-and-drone attacks – the response to Israel’s deadly bombing of the Iranian consulate in Syria on April 1.The UN Security Council votes on the State of Palestine’s application for full UN membership on Thursday.Palestinian rights groups say Israeli military and settler attacks in the occupied West Bank have “increased in intensity and scale”.
- The rise of Palestinian detainees in Israel
- Children among the dead in Israeli attacks on refugee camps
- Big Tech ‘basically complicit’ in civilian deaths in GazaRamesh Srinivasan, a professor of information studies at UCLA, says “there’s a shocking lack of transparency” over Google’s Project Nimbus that’s being used by the Israeli military in Gaza.Big technology companies working with Israel’s army could be found complicit in the attacks on civilians there, he told Al Jazeera.“Corporate America Big Tech is actually aligned with many of the Israeli military’s actions. The fact that AI systems are being used indicates there’s a lack of regard by the Israeli state. Everybody knows these AI systems will make mistakes,” said Srinivasan.“There will be wrongful deaths and wrongful assassinations that we’ve seen with so many civilians in Gaza. They’re basically complicit.”
- Employees protest outside Google offices in San Francisco [File: Paresh Dave/Reuters]Click here to share on social media
- Israeli army says no casualties from rockets fired from LebanonAttacks from Lebanese territory on Israel caused no casualties, Israel’s military says, following reports six rockets were launched at the north where air alerts are sounding.The Israeli military in response struck sites in Lebanon from where projectiles were fired.The army says hit several Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon last night including Khiam, Mansouri, Aalma El Chaeb, and Yater.
Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/4/17/israels-war-on-gaza-live-eleven-killed-in-israeli-strike-on-refugee-camp
