LEBANESE MEDIA: The Civil Defense in southern Lebanon reported that three people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on an apartment in the city of Sidon.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Ten Palestinians were killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting a house in the Al-Manara neighborhood, southeast of Khan Yunis city in the southern Gaza Strip.

AXIOS (Citing a US official): It is likely that Netanyahu will visit the White House in the next few weeks.

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PALESTINE CHRONICLE: The mobilization of local armed forces surrounding Dara’a has evidently now reached a new height, and if things continue to escalate, there is now reasonable grounds to believe that this could develop into a formidable resistance movement, Robert Inlakesh writes in the Palestine Chronicle.

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AL-JAZEERA: Israeli occupation artillery continues to shell the eastern outskirts of Al-Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City.

YEMENI MEDIA: US airstrikes targeted the Al-Asaid area in Kitaf district, Saada, northern Yemen.

US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP:

We will work to resolve the decades-long Gaza crisis.

Gaza has been under siege for many years, and many people are being killed there.

I spoke to Netanyahu, and he may visit the White House next week.

We aim to secure the release of as many hostages as possible from Gaza.

AL-JAZEERA: Israeli air and artillery strikes continue to hit Al-Shuja’iya and Al-Zaytoun neighborhoods in eastern Gaza City.

ISRAELI MEDIA: The Israeli army is conducting airstrikes on wide areas of Gaza.

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Israeli occupation forces carried out a massacre against displaced civilians east of Gaza City, bringing the death toll to 112 since dawn Thursday as the military incursion expands into the southern Gaza Strip.

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CHINA’S UN ENVOY:

Renewed hostilities will only bring more death and hatred and are not a path to hostage liberation.

We are deeply concerned about Israel’s plan to expand its ground assault and occupy Gaza’s territory.

UK’S UN ENVOY:

The United Kingdom condemns the Israeli defense minister’s remarks about annexing land in Gaza.

There must be no forced displacement or annexation in Gaza, as it will only lead to further instability.

We condemn Israel’s recent decisions to accelerate settlement construction in the West Bank.

TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTRY:

The provocative statements by Israeli ministers toward our country reflect their psychological state.

These remarks also expose the aggressive and expansionist policies of Israel’s racist government.

Israel plays the role of a strategic destabilizer in the region, fueling chaos and terrorism.

AL-QUDS BRIGADES: The Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of Islamic Jihad, announced that their rocket units struck the Nahal Oz military site with multiple rockets.

GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: The director of Gaza’s Health Ministry told Al Jazeera that Israel’s massacres against refugees in shelters demonstrate the world’s failure to deter the occupation.

AL-JAZEERA: An Israeli airstrike destroyed a mosque in the Qizan Al-Najjar area of Khan Younis in southern Gaza.

HAMAS STATEMENT:

Hamas has called for a global day of rage and mobilization on Friday in support of Gaza and against U.S.-backed Israeli massacres.

The movement urged Palestinians, the Arab world, and international supporters to escalate protests, sit-ins, and demonstrations at Israeli embassies.

The coming days should be days of anger against the occupation and its backers until it ends its aggression and lifts the blockade on Gaza.

ISRAELI ARMY STATEMENT: The Israeli army stated that its air force intercepted a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Israel’s Home Front Command reported that sirens were activated in Nahal Oz, near Gaza.

AL-JAZEERA: Israeli airstrikes destroyed Dar Al-Arqam and Fahd Al-Sabah schools in Al-Tuffah, east of Gaza City.

Israeli airstrikes destroyed Dar Al-Arqam and Fahd Al-Sabah schools in Al-Tuffah, east of Gaza City. pic.twitter.com/VzYleAyEwI

— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) April 3, 2025

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: At least three people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Fahd School in Gaza City.

GAZA CIVIL DEFENSE SPOKESMAN (to Al-Jazeera):

• Dozens are trapped under rubble, but rescue efforts are impossible due to lack of equipment.

• The bombardment is relentless, and resources to respond are exhausted.

• “What is happening in Gaza is madness—our children’s body parts are everywhere due to these massacres.”

HEZBOLLAH STATEMENT:

• The heroic resistance of the Syrian people against Israeli incursions proves their choice is to confront occupation.

• The ongoing aggression is part of a broader war to subjugate the region to Israeli control.

• The group condemns the escalating Israeli-American aggression against Syria, Yemen, Gaza, and Lebanon.

AL-JAZEERA (citing medical sources): Israeli airstrikes on various areas in Gaza since dawn have killed 100 people.

AL-JAZEERA: An Israeli airstrike on Dar Al-Arqam School, which shelters displaced people in Al-Tuffah, killed 29 and injured 100.

AL-JAZEERA (citing medical sources): 75 people were killed in Israeli airstrikes on various areas in Gaza since dawn.

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: In a move akin to the developments in the US, immigration authorities in Germany are moving to deport four young foreign residents “on allegations related to participation in protests against Israel’s ongoing assault on Gaza”.

Germany Moves to Deport Four Residents over Gaza Protests – Report 

Amnesty International has called for “an independent and impartial” investigation into the circumstances in which at least 15 Palestinian medics and rescue workers were shot dead by Israeli army forces in the Gaza Strip.

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AL-JAZEERA: The Israeli army launched a series of airstrikes on Al-Tuffah neighborhood in eastern Gaza City.

ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU:

• “Hungary stands with us today in opposing the hypocrisy of the International Criminal Court in The Hague.”

• “The friendship between Hungary and Israel is stronger than ever.”

AL-JAZEERA: Israeli shelling injured children in a strike targeting displaced persons in Al-Sheja’iyya, eastern Gaza City.

NORWEGIAN PRIME MINISTER: The Norwegian Prime Minister called for an immediate ceasefire and further humanitarian efforts in Gaza.

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Hungary welcomes Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu despite an ICC arrest warrant for alleged war crimes, while the country plans to withdraw from the court.

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PALESTINIAN CENTRAL BUREAU OF STATISTICS:

• The Gaza Strip is facing the largest orphan crisis in modern history, with 39,384 children losing one or both parents since the Israeli war began.
• Around 17,000 of these children are left completely orphaned.

GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: 100 Palestinians were killed, and 138 others injured in Israeli airstrikes over the past 24 hours.

The death toll from the Israeli aggression since March 18 has reached 1,163, with 2,735 injured.

The overall toll since October 2023 stands at 50,523 dead and 114,776 injured in Gaza.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: An Israeli airstrike targeted a vehicle carrying displaced Palestinians on Al-Mansoura Street in Gaza City’s Sheja’iyya neighborhood, killing two and injuring others.

Footage shows the aftermath of an Israeli airstrike on a home in Gaza City’s Shejaiya neighborhood, injuring civilians fleeing due to bombing threats.

Also in Shejaiya, an Israeli strike targeted a vehicle carrying displaced Palestinians on Al-Mansoura Street, killing two and… pic.twitter.com/kBKzq78NAj

— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) April 3, 2025

AL-JAZEERA: Israeli airstrikes have killed 47 Palestinians in Gaza since dawn on Thursday.

ANSARALLAH MILITARY SPOKESMAN:

• Ansarallah forces engaged with the US aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman and its warships.

• The US launched over 36 airstrikes on Yemen in the past hours.

• Strikes targeted Sanaa and Saada, causing casualties.

BELGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER: Hungary’s withdrawal from the International Criminal Court is a setback in the fight against impunity.

Hungary announces withdrawal from the International Criminal Court—just as Netanyahu, wanted by the ICC, arrives for a state visit. #ICC #Hungary #Netanyahu pic.twitter.com/PK27SJW1Sf

— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) April 3, 2025

AL-JAZEERA: King Abdullah II said that:

• Israel’s war on Gaza must stop, and aid must be allowed in.

• Ongoing violence in Gaza and the West Bank destabilizes the region.

• Palestinian displacement could lead to further unrest.

AL-JAZEERA: Olaf Scholz said that:

• A ceasefire is essential to allow aid into Gaza.

• Hostages must be released, and a political process should begin.

• Reconstruction efforts must follow the end of the war.

HUNGARIAN NEWS AGENCY: Hungary will leave the ICC after Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu arrived for a four-day visit, despite calls for his arrest over war crimes in Gaza.

Hungary announces withdrawal from the International Criminal Court—just as Netanyahu, wanted by the ICC, arrives for a state visit. #ICC #Hungary #Netanyahu pic.twitter.com/PK27SJW1Sf

— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) April 3, 2025

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Illegal Israeli Jewish settlers, under police protection, stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

LEBANESE MEDIA: An Israeli drone targeted a car in Bint Jbeil, south Lebanon.

Aftermath of the Israeli airstrike on prefabricated rooms in the courtyard of Naqoura Municipality, South Lebanon. #Lebanon #Israel pic.twitter.com/654dghA9dd

— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) April 3, 2025

ANSARALLAH MILITARY SPOKESMAN:

• A US MQ-9 reconnaissance drone was shot down while conducting hostile missions over Hudaydah.

• Support for Gaza will continue until the aggression stops and the siege is lifted.

Yemeni Armed Forces: Another US MQ-9 drone downed over Al-Hodeidah with a locally made missile—the second in 72 hours, the 17th since the start of the Battle of the Promised Victory. Operations in support of Gaza will not stop until the siege is lifted. #Yemen #Gaza pic.twitter.com/wAs1UzHmfP

— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) April 3, 2025

AL-JAZEERA: Israeli airstrikes on Gaza have killed 41 people since dawn today.

YEMENI MEDIA: A US armed reconnaissance drone targeted a civilian vehicle in Majz District, Saada, northern Yemen.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Heavy artillery shelling and intense gunfire from Israeli tanks in Tel Al-Sultan, west of Rafah in southern Gaza.

AL-JAZEERA: 24 Palestinians have been killed in continuous Israeli airstrikes on Khan Younis and Gaza since dawn today.

Israeli warplanes have been bombing Khan Younis and Gaza since dawn, killing at least 24 Palestinians. Airstrikes continue.#Gaza #Palestine #Israel pic.twitter.com/qs9SaGL6l9

— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) April 3, 2025

AL-JAZEERA: Three Palestinians were killed and over 15 injured in an Israeli airstrike on a house in the Shejaiya neighborhood, east of Gaza City.