ISRAELI MEDIA: Israeli Channel 14 reported that former Shin Bet chief, Ami Ayalon, is calling for civil disobedience against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu following the dismissal of Shin Bet chief, Ronen Bar.

OXFAM (Humanitarian Coordinator, cited in Al Jazeera):

Israel is using the worst forms of collective punishment against the population in Gaza.

Israel is preventing the entry of aid into Gaza, and we call for a ceasefire.

We have quantities of fuel and food stuck at the borders, and we are unable to bring them in.

Britain continues to sell weapons to Israel despite knowing how they are being used.

The current situation in Gaza cannot continue, otherwise we will witness a major catastrophe.

WFP: Gaza Food Supplies Exhausted amid Unrelenting Israeli Siege

YEMENI MEDIA: Three US airstrikes targeted the Israeli ship Galaxy Leader, which is being held in the port of Al Hudaydah.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Several Palestinians were injured when Israeli forces shelled a tent in the vicinity of the Taiba Towers, west of Khan Yunis.

YEMENI MEDIA: Three US raids targeted the Israeli ship Galaxy Leader, which is detained in the port of Al-Hudaydah.

AL-JAZEERA:

Oxfam’s Humanitarian Affairs Coordinator told Al Jazeera that Israel is using the worst types of collective punishment against the population in Gaza.

She added that Israel is preventing aid from entering Gaza, and they are calling for a ceasefire, noting that they have quantities of fuel and food stuck at the borders and are unable to bring them in.

She also stated that Britain continues to sell weapons to Israel despite knowing how they are being used, and concluded that the current situation in Gaza cannot continue, otherwise they will witness a major catastrophe.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Israeli Channel 14 reported that the former Shin Bet chief, Ami Ayalon, is calling for civil disobedience against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu against the backdrop of the dismissal of Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett stated that the cowardly government is preventing the recruitment of Haredim and preventing the achievement of victory over Hamas, noting that Israel has never needed this large number of soldiers and the army currently lacks 20,000 soldiers.

Former PM Naftali Bennett says the “cowardly government” is blocking Haredi recruitment and hindering victory over Hamas, warning the army is short 20,000 soldiers at a time when Israel “has never needed this many troops.” pic.twitter.com/B2qcfPJs3k

— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) April 26, 2025

Israeli occupation forces are blowing up residential buildings in the city of Rafah, southern Gaza Strip.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Israeli Channel 12 stated that Yahya Sinwar deceived Israel in the 2021 war “and left the army to tell us legends about its historic success in destroying the Hamas tunnel network,” but it turned out that the network was not damaged, “rather some offensive tunnels were damaged and easily repaired.”

ISRAELI MEDIA: The commander of the “Jerusalem Brigade” – Brigade 16 – in the occupation army was seriously injured during clashes with the resistance in the Al-Shuja’iyya neighborhood of Gaza yesterday.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Israeli Channel 14 revealed anger among senior officers in the army, quoting them as saying that “a decision must be made, either destroy Gaza or get out of it, our soldiers’ blood is not cheap.”

ISRAELI MEDIA:

The military correspondent for Channel 12 stated that since the end of the ceasefire, the army has been acting in Gaza without a clear goal. There is no large-scale military operation here, nor a real political move.

Fighters are put at risk daily without achieving a significant security accomplishment and without progress in returning the captives. The time has come for decision-makers to resolve the matter, either a deal or war.

ISRAELI ARMY RADIO:

The occupation army radio published details of the initial investigation into the battle in the Al-Shuja’iyya neighborhood, in which army officer Ido Volokh and undercover unit fighter Nitzan Yitzhak Kahana were killed on Friday. A force from the 16th Reserve Brigade went out for an offensive raid about 1.5 kilometers from the border fence. The force conducted sweeps and then remained in the field to carry out an ambush by fighters of the Yamas unit (undercover unit).

An armed cell arrived at the ambush site and clashed with Yamas fighters inside a building in Al-Shuja’iyya, and one member of the unit was killed in the clash. The rescue operation began immediately, requiring the summoning of additional forces to the scene to extract the fighters from the ambush.

The fighting to rescue them lasted a full two hours, during which Hamas cells fired at least five times towards the rescue forces. An anti-tank missile was fired at a military vehicle on its way to evacuate, resulting in the moderate injury of a soldier.

Later, two anti-tank missiles were fired at a tank from Battalion 46, but no casualties occurred. About an hour after the first clash, an anti-tank missile was fired at another tank from Battalion 46. This time the missile hit the target, killing an officer from the battalion and wounding another soldier.

About half an hour later, another anti-tank missile was fired at the force, and the militants began firing light weapons, resulting in the injury of two other soldiers.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Israel’s Channel 12 quoted the Israeli army as saying that the casualty evacuation operations from the Al-Shuja’iyya neighborhood yesterday, Friday, were complex, lasted two hours, and witnessed 5 clashes.

AL-JAZEERA: The Israeli occupation army announced the killing of a captain-rank officer in the battles of the Gaza Strip yesterday, and a soldier in the undercover unit of the Israeli Border Police, during an ambush by the resistance in the Gaza Strip yesterday.

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: The Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Resistance Movement Hamas, broadcast a video clip that it said documented the operation of rescuing Israeli captives from a tunnel bombed by the occupation army several days ago.

Dramatic Video Shows Al-Qassam Rescuing Israeli Captive from Bombed Tunnel

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Writing in the Al-Jazeera Arabic website, Areeb al-Rantawi offers a critical analysis of the PLO Central Council meeting, highlighting Abbas’ controversial statements, the deep divisions within Palestinian politics, and the urgent need for a unified national strategy amidst the ongoing Gaza crisis.

PLO’s Crossroads: Abbas’ Gambit and the Future of Palestinian Unity

AL-JAZEERA: The Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) approved the appointment of Hussein Al-Sheikh as Deputy Chairman of the Palestinian Authority and Deputy Chairman of the PLO Executive Committee, following his nomination by Mahmoud Abbas.

AL-JAZEERA (citing medical sources): Four Palestinians were martyred and others were injured in a bombing by Israeli occupation drones targeting citizens in Al-Zawayda, north of Deir al-Balah city in the central Gaza Strip.

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Robert Inlakesh writes: “We have reached the point where there can no longer be any denial. Syria’s new leadership has repeatedly signalled its willingness to sell out the Palestinian people, just to get in the US’ good books.”

Willing to Normalize: Why Syria’s Betrayal of Palestine Doesn’t Even Make Strategic Sense

HAMAS STATEMENT: Washington’s decision to revoke UNRWA’s legal immunity embodies the Trump administration’s bias towards the Zionist occupation’s policies and signifies the end of Palestinian refugees’ right to relief and return to their homes.

ANADOLU NEWS AGENCY: Ahmed Majdalani, a member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization, told Anadolu Agency that President Mahmoud Abbas will choose the Secretary of the Executive Committee of the PLO, Hussein Al-Sheikh, for the positions of “Deputy Chairman of the Executive Committee and Deputy President of the State of Palestine.”

ANSARALLAH: The military spokesman for Ansarallah, Yahya Saree, stated that they carried out two operations with drones targeting two locations in occupied Jaffa and Ashkelon, and attacked the American aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman with drones. He affirmed their continued operations until the aggression stops and the siege on Gaza is lifted.

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: The Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades broadcast footage of rescuing Israeli captives from a tunnel bombed by the occupation army several days ago. The video shows one of the captives being pulled from under the rubble and having an oxygen mask placed on him to help him breathe. The captive stated that his whole body was in pain.

Al-Qassam Brigades released footage showing the rescue of Israeli captives from a tunnel bombed by the occupation army. One captive, pulled from under the rubble and given an oxygen mask, said he was in pain all over. pic.twitter.com/EGuoeVUnM8

— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) April 26, 2025

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Kathy Kelly reflects on Pope Francis’s legacy on the day of his funeral.

Pope Francis’s Legacy of Love and Peace Remembered on the Day of His Funeral

AL-JAZEERA: A number of Palestinians were injured as a result of an attack by Israeli settlers on them in Khirbet Jorat al-Khail, east of the town of Sa’ir, northeast of Hebron (Al-Khalil) in the southern occupied West Bank.

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: A massive explosion rocked Shahid Rajaee Port in the southern Iranian city of Bandar Abbas on Saturday, injuring at least 561 people, Iranian state media reported.

The explosion occurred as a third round of nuclear talks between Iran and the United States was underway in Oman. The cause of the explosion was not immediately clear.

Hundreds Injured in Blast at Strategic Iranian Port amid Iran-US Nuclear Talks

AL-JAZEERA: Four Palestinians were killed and others injured in an Israeli occupation raid on the city of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Gaza has entered a phase of “actual famine,” Hamas said, after the UN’s World Food Programme announced it has exhausted its food supplies.

WFP: Gaza Food Supplies Exhausted amid Unrelenting Israeli Siege

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: Our fighters killed and injured “members of a special Zionist force after targeting them with shells and machine guns in Al-Sheja’iyya in Gaza” yesterday, Friday.

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: In a new episode of the FloodGate podcast, Palestine Chronicle editor Ramzy Baroud sits down with Louis Brehony, co-editor of Ghassan Kanafani: Selected Political Writings, to examine the life, thought, and revolutionary politics of one of Palestine’s most influential intellectuals.

Unpacking Ghassan Kanafani: FloodGate Podcast Revisits His Enduring Legacy

HAMAS STATEMENT: The Gaza Strip is entering the stage of famine and that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his criminal government are using starvation as a weapon of extermination.

AL-JAZEERA: Two fishermen were injured by Israeli navy fire off the coast of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.

AL-JAZEERA: Injuries were reported in an Israeli drone bombing of a house in the Al-Maghazi camp in the central Gaza Strip.

Israeli Raids Leave Scores Dead and Wounded across Gaza Strip

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: The Al-Qassam Brigades broadcast footage of sniping 4 soldiers and officers of the occupation army on Al-Awda Street, east of Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip.

Al-Qassam Brigades release footage showing the sniping of four Israeli soldiers and officers on Al-Awda Street, east of Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip. pic.twitter.com/vzrXrM5Dbj

— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) April 26, 2025

AL-JAZEERA: Injuries were reported in an Israeli bombing of a tent sheltering displaced persons in the Al-Mawasi area, west of Khan Yunis city.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Dozens of people are demonstrating in front of the Israeli President’s house in Tel Aviv, demanding a prisoner exchange deal.

The Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Resistance Movement Hamas, released footage on Saturday showing four Israeli soldiers and officers being targeted by sniper fire using a Ghoul rifle on Al-Awda Street, east of Beit Hanoun in the Gaza Strip.

‘Kasr al-Saif’ Ambush: Qassam Brigades Release Footage of Sniper Operations

AL-JAZEERA: Families of Israeli captives stated that the people want the return of the captives from the Gaza Strip in a one-stage deal and immediately. They called for massive demonstrations in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem this evening to demand the return of the captives from Gaza.

AL-JAZEERA (citing medical sources): 16 Palestinians were killed in Israeli raids on the Gaza Strip since dawn today, 13 of them in Gaza City.

AL-JAZEERA: Two Palestinians were killed in a bombing by an Israeli drone on the vicinity of the Education Roundabout in the northern Gaza Strip, while another Palestinian succumbed to wounds sustained in an Israeli bombing of a house in Khan Yunis last night.

Israeli airstrike hits tents sheltering displaced Palestinians in the Mawasi area of Khan Yunis. pic.twitter.com/OmcpxHQcOx

— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) April 26, 2025

ISRAELI ARMY RADIO: The Yemeni rocket launched at Israel last night is the 22nd since the resumption of fighting in Gaza.

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Israeli occupation forces intensified attacks across Gaza on Saturday, killing at least 16 Palestinians and injuring many others amid ongoing bombardment.

Israeli Raids Leave Scores Dead and Wounded across Gaza Strip

SOCIAL MEDIA: Canadian Prime Minister Marc Carney urged Israel to allow the World Food Programme to operate in Gaza, stating that food should not be used as a political tool, hours after the UN agency’s stocks ran out due to the ongoing Israeli blockade on supplies.

The UN World Food Programme just announced that its food stocks in Gaza have run out because of the Israeli Government’s blockade — food cannot be used as a political tool.

Palestinian civilians must not bear the consequences of Hamas’ terrorist crimes. The World Food Programme…

— Mark Carney (@MarkJCarney) April 25, 2025

PBS (Cited in Al-Jazeera): Cindy Hensley McCain, Executive Director of the World Food Programme:

We sent the last truck of our food stock to Gaza, and there is nothing left.

The conditions in Gaza are catastrophic, and people there are starving.

More people will face famine in Gaza as a result of what is happening there.

There are fears of famine in Gaza due to our inability to enter and provide aid.

There must be a ceasefire in Gaza, and humanitarian workers must be allowed to enter.

Food is not a political matter, and making it so in Gaza is unacceptable and should not happen.

Our staff has not seen evidence of Hamas using aid as a tool to maintain its authority.

Gaza: Israel’s ‘Zone of Interest’ and the Global Silence on War Crimes