Israeli forces carried out at least four massacres in the last 24 hours, killing and wounding scores of Palestinians.
A huge explosion occurred at a military base used by the Popular Mobilization Forces south of Baghdad. The explosion was the result of an air strike of unknown origin. Tel Aviv denied responsibility.
The Committee to Protect Journalists said that Israel’s war on Gaza is “the most dangerous conflict for journalists since records began in 1992.”
According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 34,049 Palestinians have been killed, and 76,901 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.
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Saturday, April 20, 11:00 am (GMT+2)
AL-JAZEERA: Sirens are sounding in the village of Ghajar and the towns of Al-Dan and Bury in the Galilee region.
GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: 34,049 Palestinians have been killed, and 76,901 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.
GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: 34,049 Palestinians have been killed, and 76,901 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.
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HEZBOLLAH: We targeted a deployment of Israeli occupation soldiers in Jabal Adathar with missile weapons.
Saturday, April 20, 10:00 am (GMT+2)
AL-JAZEERA: Sirens sounded in several towns in the Galilee region, noting that an Israeli raid targeted the town of Kafr Kila in southern Lebanon.
REUTERS: An Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces member was killed and 8 wounded in an attack on a command center at the Kalsu military base in Babylon.
COMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS: Israel’s war on Gaza is “the most dangerous conflict for journalists since records began in 1992.”
CHANNEL 12: Two rockets fired from Lebanon landed in an open area in Upper Galilee.
Saturday, April 20, 09:00 am (GMT+2)
PALESTINIAN FM: We welcome Barbados’ decision to recognize the State of Palestine.
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli gunboats bombed the coast of the city of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.
Saturday, April 20, 08:00 am (GMT+2)
HEZBOLLAH: We targeted the Hadab Yarin site in the Western Galilee with what it called appropriate weapons, noting that it had achieved “confirmed casualties.
ISRAELI OFFICIAL (to CNN): Tel Aviv has nothing to do with the explosion in Iraq.
Saturday, April 20, 07:00 am (GMT+2)
AL-JAZEERA: Sirens are sounding in several towns in Upper Galilee following a suspected drone infiltration.
ISRAELI RADIO: Defense Minister Yoav Gallant discussed, in a call with his American counterpart, Lloyd Austin, “de-escalation, the introduction of aid into Gaza, and the Rafah issue.”
Saturday, April 20, 06:00 am (GMT+2)
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli occupation targeted, with an air strike, both east of the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip and Deir al-Balah in the center of the Strip.
Saturday, April 20, 05:30 am (GMT+2)
ISLAMIC RESISTANCE IN IRAQ: We targeted with drones a vital target in Eilat, southern Israel.
(The Palestine Chronicle)
