LIVE BLOG: Rafah, Khan Yunis under Fire | Norway Calls for Probe into Medics Massacre – Day 538

April 6, 2025

Killed          Missing     Wounded
50,695         14,000    115,338

•     At least 46 Palestinians, including children, were killed in Gaza over the past 24 hours, as Israel continues to carry out massacres across the Strip.
•     Meanwhile, Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide has called for an investigation into Israel’s attack on aid workers in Rafah.
•     Since October 7, 2023, Israel has killed 50,695Palestinians and injured 115,338 others, the majority of whom are women and children, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza.

Sun, Apr 6, 4:53 PM (Palestine Time)
Hamas Calls for General Strike Tomorrow

    HAMAS STATEMENT:

•     We call for widespread participation in tomorrow’s general strike, protests, and marches in rejection of the aggression against Gaza.
•     What the occupation failed to achieve through negotiations, it won’t impose by war and brutality.
•     The only option is an uprising across all points of confrontation in the West Bank.

Sun, Apr 6, 4:53 PM (Palestine Time)
UNICEF: What’s Happening in Gaza Is an Affront to Humanity
UNICEF SPOKESPERON TO AL-JAZEERA:

•     Efforts to deliver aid to Gaza are ongoing.
•     The killing and aid blockade are an affront to humanity.

Sun, Apr 6, 4:53 PM (Palestine Time)
Rafah Faces Total Humanitarian Collapse
GAZA GOVERNMENT MEDIA OFFICE:

•     Rafah governorate is experiencing a complete humanitarian disaster due to the ongoing genocide.
•     Over 90% of homes and 85% of infrastructure have been destroyed.
•     The closure of crossings worsens the crisis and blocks fuel needed for water pumps.

Sun, Apr 6, 4:53 PM (Palestine Time)
US Sends Second THAAD Battery to Israel
TIMES OF ISRAEL: The United States has transferred a second THAAD missile defense system battery to Israel. The move comes amid rising tensions between Washington and Tehran.

Sun, Apr 6, 4:53 PM (Palestine Time)
Islamic Jihad: Israeli Vehicle Destroyed in Gaza
AL-QUDS BRIGADES: The military wing of Islamic Jihad says it destroyed an Israeli military vehicle using a powerful “Thaqib” explosive device planted earlier in Al-Shuja’iya, eastern Gaza.

Sun, Apr 6, 4:53 PM (Palestine Time)
Gaza Health Ministry: Death Toll Rises
GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY:

•     Since March 18, 1,335 Palestinians have been killed and 3,297 wounded.
•     In the past 24 hours: 26 killed, 113 injured.
•     Since October 7: 50,695 killed and 115,338 wounded.
•     Over 600,000 children face permanent paralysis or chronic disability without polio vaccines.
•     Israel’s vaccine blockade is a time bomb threatening an epidemic.

Sun, Apr 6, 4:53 PM (Palestine Time)
Two Killed in Israeli Strike on Lebanon
LEBANESE HEALTH MINISTRY: Two people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on the town of Zibqin in southern Lebanon.

Sun, Apr 6, 1:18 PM (Palestine Time)
46 Killed in 24 Hours: Entire Families Killed as Israel Expands Incursions in Gaza
PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Scores of Palestinians were killed and wounded early Sunday in Israeli airstrikes on Khan Yunis and Gaza City, as Israeli occupation forces expanded their incursions across the Gaza Strip.

Sun, Apr 6, 1:18 PM (Palestine Time)
Two Killed and Injuries in Israeli Shelling on Jabalia
AL-JAZEERA: Two Palestinians were killed and several others injured in Israeli artillery shelling on the Abd Rabeh area in Jabalia, northern Gaza.

Sun, Apr 6, 1:18 PM (Palestine Time)
Resistance Operations Target Israeli Forces in Qalqilya, Nablus amid West Bank Raids
PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Palestinian resistance fighters targeted Israeli occupation forces in Qalqilya and Nablus, as two Palestinians were wounded by Israeli gunfire amid fresh military raids across the occupied West Bank on Saturday night and into dawn Sunday.
Citing Palestinian journalist Adi Jaar, a specialist in West Bank affairs, Al-Jazeera reported that resistance fighters opened fire on Israeli forces during a raid on the town of Azzun, located east of Qalqilya, on Saturday evening.

Sun, Apr 6, 1:18 PM (Palestine Time)
Israeli Airstrikes in Zibkin, Southern Lebanon
LEBANESE MEDIA: An Israeli drone carried out an airstrike on the town of Zibkin in southern Lebanon.

Sun, Apr 6, 1:18 PM (Palestine Time)
‘Consequences are Dire’ – Israel Cuts 70% of Gaza’s Water Supply
PALESTINE CHRONICLE:

•     The Israeli army on Saturday halted the flow of water from Israeli company Mekorot to the Gaza Strip, effectively cutting off 70 percent of the enclave’s total water supply.
•     According to Gaza municipality spokesperson Hosni Mehanna, the disconnection affects the main pipeline located in the Shujaiya neighborhood in eastern Gaza City, where Israeli forces have been conducting a military operation since Thursday, the Anadolu news agency reported.

Sun, Apr 6, 11:26 AM (Palestine Time)
Shin Bet Official: We Arrest Without Evidence
JERUSALEM POST: A leaked recording reveals a Shin Bet official admitting to detaining Palestinians in the West Bank for days without evidence.

Sun, Apr 6, 11:26 AM (Palestine Time)
46 Killed in Gaza in 24 Hours
AL-JAZEERA: Israeli airstrikes have killed 46 Palestinians in Gaza over the past day.

Sun, Apr 6, 11:26 AM (Palestine Time)
Child Killed in Israeli Strike on Khan Yunis
AL JAZEERA: An Israeli airstrike killed a child in a tent sheltering displaced people in al-Mawasi, west of Khan Yunis.

Sun, Apr 6, 11:26 AM (Palestine Time)
Norway Calls for Probe Into Aid Worker Killings
NORWEGIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY: Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide called for an investigation into Israel’s attack on aid workers in Rafah.

Sun, Apr 6, 11:26 AM (Palestine Time)
Ongoing Shelling on Rafah
AL-JAZEERA: Israeli artillery continues to shell northern Rafah as ground incursions continue.