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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