- At least 10 people, many women and children, have been killed in Israeli air attacks on residential homes in Gaza’s Rafah city.
- Israeli forces continue to raid Nur Shams refugee camp in the occupied West Bank’s Tulkarem for a second day, killing at least five people, including a teenager, and causing “worst destruction in decades”, according to an Al Jazeera correspondent.
- Iran’s foreign minister says his country will respond to the “maximum” if Israeli “adventurism” continues following reports of the shooting down by Iranian air defence batteries of three drones over Isfahan.
- Israeli forces have deployed more troops to areas adjacent to Rafah and destroyed agricultural land in the eastern areas of the district.
- At least 34,049 people have been killed and 76,901 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7. The death toll in Israel from Hamas’s October 7 attacks stands at 1,139, with dozens of captives held in Gaza.
- Photos: Israel’s continuing raid of Nur Shams refugee camp
An Israeli soldier aims his rifle during a raid in the Nur Shams refugee camp in the occupied West Bank [Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP]
- Israeli army excavators take position in Tulkarem, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank [Raneen Sawafta/Reuters
- An Israeli military vehicle makes its way, during an Israeli raid, at Nur Shams camp, in Tulkarem [Raneen Sawafta/Reuters]
- Iraq’s Popular Mobilisation Forces says military base blast was result of attackThe armed group has said the explosion which took place at its command post at Kalsu military base was the result of an attack.The PMF’s statement came soon after Iraqi government sources said no drones or fighter jets were detected in the airspace in the area before or during the blast.Click here to share on social media
- Removed videos show crater in Iraqi base, suggesting it was hit by projectileAl Jazeera’s Osama Bin Javaid says that videos uploaded – and then immediately deleted – by soldiers in the Iraqi base rocked by a blast earlier this morning showed a large crater, indicating that a projectile hit the site.“Iraqi government sources, the security media cell, said this was an incident that was being investigated,” Bin Javaid said, reporting from the Iraqi capital Baghdad.Iraqi government sources have also released a statement saying that no drones or fighter jets were detected in the airspace of the Babil (Babylon) area before or during the blast.Al Jazeera’s Bin Javaid also said that earlier messages posted on social media by the Popular Mobilisation Forces blaming the United States for the blasts have now been removed. This comes as the Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani is in the US.“This is a significant base because not just because it hosts the PMF, but also Iraqi federal police and Iraqi military, so if this was an outside strike, act beyond its borders it would be considered an act of aggression,” Bin Javaid added.
- A general view shows the Kalso military base after it was hit by a huge explosion on late Friday, in Babil Province, Iraq [Alaa al-Marjani/Reuters]
- Nur Shams raid continues full forceReporting from Tulkarem in the occupied West BankThe raid doesn’t seem to be ending.We’re not only hearing sounds of Israeli drones but also of bombs. The Tulkarem Battalion just released a statement saying they will continue to engage in armed confrontations with the Israeli forces in the camp.Because of the situation and how risky it is, it’s hard for us and much of the media to go inside the camp. But we’re seeing videos of the destruction, which is unlike anything we’ve seen before. We’re looking at a very large level of destruction and demolition.Palestinians in the camp say Israeli forces are going from one home to another. This is something we’ve seen before – homes being turned into detention centres and mass detentions.Anyone who lives in the camp is enduring a lot and could be subjected to beatings or arrests.
- Source: https://aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/4/20/israels-war-on-gaza-live-israelis-continue-intense-raid-on-nur-shams-camp
Israel’s war on Gaza live: At least 10 killed in air attacks on Rafah
