Israeli PM says negotiations with Hamas will continue ‘under fire’, with just a pause for Edan Alexander’s release.

Zeteo uncovers the hidden identity – and fate – of the Israeli soldier who killed the famous Palestinian-American journalist in 2022.

<article data-history-node-id="421360" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/pictures-aftermath-israeli-strike-tent-northern-gazas-jabalia" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/pictures-aftermath-israeli-strike-tent-northern-gazas-jabalia" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">In Pictures: Aftermath of an Israeli strike on tent in northern Gaza's Jabalia</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>An Israeli air attack on a tent housing displaced Palestinians in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza has killed at least seven people early Thursday morning.&nbsp;</p> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="Hatem Khaled" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="44af6bb5-fe33-4e3e-a0c1-4fdf5d317754" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/2025-04-17T053238Z_2136227087_RC2FZDA9W78M_RTRMADP_3_ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS-GAZA.jpg" width="1920" height="1080" alt="Hatem Khaled" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>(Hatem Khaled/Reuters)</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background: url(&quot;https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png&quot;) rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> <p>Israeli attacks across Gaza have now killed at least 18 Palestinians since midnight local time, according to Al Jazeera Arabic.</p> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="Hatem Khaled" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="5d0df23b-ed0a-4791-a674-be4d7fb6c094" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img loading="lazy" src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/2025-04-17T052737Z_921989458_RC2FZDA924G4_RTRMADP_3_ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS-GAZA.jpg" width="1920" height="1080" alt="Hatem Khaled" typeof="foaf:Image"> </div> <figcaption>(Hatem Khaled/Reuters)</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background: url(&quot;https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png&quot;) rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> <p>According to the Quds News Network and the Palestinian Information Center,&nbsp;most of the casualties where&nbsp;children.&nbsp;</p> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="Hatem Khaled" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="d7749d5f-7343-4f3b-9852-730cdf36ec3b" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img loading="lazy" src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/2025-04-17T052913Z_359151004_RC2GZDA4PP1H_RTRMADP_3_ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS-GAZA.jpg" width="1920" height="1080" alt="Hatem Khaled" typeof="foaf:Image"> </div> <figcaption>(Hatem Khaled/Reuters)</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background: url(&quot;https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png&quot;) rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> </div> </div> </article>

How many confessions do the Western media and political elite need before they call this what it is?

<article data-history-node-id="421307" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/opinion-gaza-playbook-israels-five-step-ethnic-cleansing-strategy" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/opinion-gaza-playbook-israels-five-step-ethnic-cleansing-strategy" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Opinion: The Gaza playbook: Israel's five-step ethnic cleansing strategy</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The notion of "<a href="https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb/products/1850-politicide?srsltid=AfmBOoo63L829RjRglP-NCTjOXnFRu83PwVROGTNu0LEjcACr7Jdlcfc" target="_blank">Greater Israel</a>" represents a&nbsp;<a href="https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb/products/370-ten-myths-about-israel?srsltid=AfmBOooeJEhsOCNPSClhjM5elfhgxUt1G0CCuOdZKvNmzv0X8_pOZz8x" target="_blank">foundational goal</a>&nbsp;of Zionism and the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israeli</a>&nbsp;political elite.</p> <p>For decades, Israel has worked to carry out the mass transfer of Arab populations from historic&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/palestine" target="_blank">Palestine</a>.&nbsp;</p> <p>For Israel's current leadership, as well as large swathes of Israeli society, the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/topics/israel-war-gaza" target="_blank">war on Gaza</a>&nbsp;has presented what they see as a pivotal opportunity: the chance to remove Palestinians from Gaza once and for all.</p> <p>Since the beginning of the war in October 2023, Israel has signalled its desire to rid Gaza of its Palestinian population. For most of the war, however, Israeli leaders have been hesitant to state the plan - which amounts to ethnic cleansing -&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/israel-has-always-wanted-expel-palestinians-now-its-saying-quiet-part-out-loud" target="_blank">explicitly</a>.</p> <p>As Israel moves closer to implementing its overarching goal, it is important to examine its path towards ethnic cleansing, which follows a comprehensive five-step programme.</p> <h3>Read more: <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/gaza-playbook-israel-five-step-ethnic-cleansing-strategy">The Gaza playbook: Israel's five-step ethnic cleansing strategy</a>&nbsp;by&nbsp;<a about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/users/mohamad-elmasry" datatype href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/users/mohamad-elmasry" lang property="schema:name" title="View user profile." typeof="schema:Person">Mohamad Elmasry</a></h3> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="A woman and children react as people mourn Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes, at Nasser hospital, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on 9 April, 2025 (Reuters)" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="56a9f110-4c12-48ec-be6f-8a0f037df201" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/images-story/A%20woman%20and%20children%20react%20as%20people%20mourn%20Palestinians%20killed%20in%20Israeli%20strikes%2C%20at%20Nasser%20hospital%2C%20in%20Khan%20Younis%2C%20in%20the%20southern%20Gaza%20Strip%2C%20April%209%2C%202025-reuters.jpg" width="1920" height="1080" alt="A woman and children react as people mourn Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes, at Nasser hospital, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on 9 April, 2025 (Reuters)" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>A woman and children react as people mourn Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes, at Nasser hospital, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on 9 April, 2025 (Reuters)</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background: url(&quot;https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png&quot;) rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="421306" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-defence-minister-says-no-humanitarian-aid-will-enter-gaza" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-defence-minister-says-no-humanitarian-aid-will-enter-gaza" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israel defence minister says no humanitarian aid will enter Gaza</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israel's Defence Minister Israel Katz said the country would keep blocking humanitarian aid from entering Gaza&nbsp;Strip, where intense aerial and ground assaults have resumed.</p> <p>"Israel's policy is clear: no humanitarian aid will enter&nbsp;Gaza, and blocking this aid is one of the main pressure levers preventing Hamas from using it as a tool with the population," Katz said in a statement, amid a major humanitarian crisis following Israel's decision to prevent the entry of aid since 2 March.</p> <p>"No one is currently planning to allow any humanitarian aid into&nbsp;Gaza, and there are no preparations to enable such aid," Katz said.</p> <p>The United Nations warned on Monday that&nbsp;Gaza&nbsp;is facing its most severe humanitarian crisis since the war began in October 2023.</p> <p>"The humanitarian situation is now likely the worst it has been in the 18 months since the outbreak of hostilities," said the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.</p> </div> </div> </article>

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Those of us who’ve seen secret police in action can’t shake a feeling of dreadful familiarity.

In a recent debate, someone seated next to Professor Benny Morris lectured me on the impossibility that Israel systematically breaches the laws of war.

<article data-history-node-id="420850" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/two-british-mps-detained-israel-british-foreign-minister" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/two-british-mps-detained-israel-british-foreign-minister" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Two British MPs detained by Israel: British foreign minister</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israel has detained two British members of parliament&nbsp;and refused entry to the officials who were visiting&nbsp;as part of a parliamentary delegation, British Foreign Minister David Lammy said in a statement&nbsp;late&nbsp;on Saturday.</p> <p>Sky News, citing a statement from the Israeli immigration ministry, says that the detained parliamentarians are Labour MPs Yuan Yang and Abtisam Mohamed, who were rejected because they were suspected of plans to "document the activities of security forces and spread anti-Israel hatred".</p> <p>Yang represents the Earley and Woodley constituency, while Mohamed is the MP for Sheffield Central. Both had flown to Israel from Luton on Saturday, Sky News said.</p> <p>"I have made clear to my counterparts in the Israeli government that this is no way to treat British Parliamentarians, and we have been in contact with both MPs tonight to offer our support," Lammy said.</p> <p>"The UK government's focus remains securing a return to the ceasefire and negotiations to stop the bloodshed, free the hostages and end the conflict in Gaza," he further added.</p> <p><em>Reporting by Reuters</em></p> </div> </div> </article>

The French president stressed that the response to the American offensive should be found at the European level.

Israeli troops moved into an area of northern Gaza to expand what they call a security zone around the edge of the enclave, the military said on Friday, days after the government announced plans to seize large areas with an operation in the south.

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Former Costa Rican President and Nobel Prize winner Oscar Arias said on Tuesday that the U.S. had revoked his visa to enter the country, weeks after he criticized U.S. President Donald Trump on social media saying he was behaving like "a Roman emperor."

The judge who barred far-right leader Marine Le Pen from running in France's 2027 presidential election is under police protection after facing death threats and having her home address shared online, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said.

The "Buy Canadian" movement is sending new ripples of concern through the executive offices of U.S.-based consumer companies that banked on selling their products on Canadian retail shelves.

Le Pen's ban - after being found guilty of embezzling EU funds - means she would not be able to run in the 2027 presidential election.

WASHINGTON—Lambasting the current program as wasteful, bloated, and entirely unnecessary, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called for steep cuts Monday to the number of steps in the Alcoholics Anonymous...

<article data-history-node-id="420615" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-medics-killed-israel-found-handcuffed-and-shot-mass-grave" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-medics-killed-israel-found-handcuffed-and-shot-mass-grave" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Gaza medics killed by Israel found handcuffed and shot in mass grave</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p><a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israeli</a>&nbsp;forces have been accused of executing handcuffed&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/palestine" target="_blank">Palestinian</a>&nbsp;medics before burying them in a mass grave underneath their crushed ambulances in southern Gaza's Rafah.</p> <p>Fifteen humanitarian workers went missing last week after responding to a distress call from civilians being attacked by Israeli forces.</p> <p>The workers include eight paramedics from the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS), six members of the Palestinian Civil Defence search-and-rescue teams, and one UN staff member.</p> <p>They were found over the weekend in a mass grave with at least around 20 multiple gunshots in each one of them, according to Mahmoud Basal, spokesperson for the Palestinian Civil Defence in Gaza.&nbsp;</p> <p>At least one of them had their legs bound,&nbsp;another was decapitated and a third topless, he added.&nbsp;</p> <h3>Read more:&nbsp;<a aria-label="Gaza medics killed by Israel found handcuffed and shot in mass grave" href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/bodies-gaza-medics-found-handcuffed-and-shot-mass-grave">Gaza medics killed by Israel found handcuffed and shot in mass grave</a></h3> <p><img alt="Relatives mourn during the funeral procession for members of the Palestine Red Crescent and other emergency services who were killed a week earlier by Israeli forces, at Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on 31 March 2025 (AFP/Eyad Baba)" src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/styles/max_2600x2600/public/images-story/000_38HK39E%20%283%29.jpg.jpg?itok=f4Y4H7v4"></p> </div> </div> </article>

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