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Breaking | According to local sources, Palestinian doctor Rawya Al-Harazin was shot and injured by Israeli occupation forces while getting off a Ministry of Health bus in Abasan Al-Kabira, east of Khan Younis. Al-Harazin, deliberately shot while returning from work, is the wife of Palestinian doctor Nahid Abu Taima, Director of Nasser Medical Complex, who is currently abducted by Israeli forces.

In a letter to the foreign ministers of EU member states, Euro-Med Monitor expressed its deep concern over the catastrophic humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip, which constitutes genocide under international law. The letter offered insight into the documentation Euro-Med Monitor gathered since October 2023, highlighting the Israeli military assaults, which have resulted in unprecedented civilian casualties, mass displacement, and the near-total destruction of infrastructure. These acts reveal the systematic nature and sheer scale of extreme violence, dehumanisation, and the intentional and widespread targeting of protected populations, as well as efforts to impose permanent demographic changes in the region. Accompanied by the deliberate and sustained denial of resources essential for survival, the infliction of serious bodily and mental harm, and measures aimed at preventing births within the Palestinian population in Gaza, the letter emphasises that these acts meet the legal elements of genocide as defined by international law. The letter underscores that such conclusions are echoed by UN experts, international human rights organisations, and most notably the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which in 2024 found that Israel’s acts in Gaza could plausibly constitute genocide. This finding imposes clear legal obligations on all states, including EU member states, to prevent further crimes and ensure accountability. On 2 March 2025, Israel banned all humanitarian aid and commercial goods, depriving over 2.3 million people, half of whom are children, of their basic needs. Then, on 18 March 2025, Israel resumed its direct campaign of en masse killings. Given that Israel’s genocidal actions have persisted without interruption, including during periods designated as ceasefires, the letter further asserts that what is currently happening in Gaza is not a return to war but an escalation of genocide. The letter highlights that since the resumption of direct attacks in March 2025, Israeli airstrikes have led to a sharp escalation in civilian casualties. Within just 72 hours following 21 March, 591 Palestinians were killed—including over 220 children and 120 women—while more than a thousand others were injured. By 27 March, the number of fatalities had risen to 830, with 1,787 more individuals injured. The letter further asserts that these recent deaths add to an already staggering toll of 58,340 Palestinians killed by January 2025, the majority of whom were women and children. It notes that approximately 116,300 people had been injured by that point, and nearly 80% of Gaza’s infrastructure, buildings, and agricultural land had been destroyed. Since then, the situation has only further deteriorated. The letter highlights the devastating toll on Palestinian children, noting that over 18,000 have been killed and more than 5% orphaned or separated from their parents. Most have been denied access to education, face widespread malnutrition. It also notes that Gaza has the highest rate of limb amputations per capita globally—a horrifying reflection of the ongoing violence inflicted on the entire civilian population trapped in the region. Thus, Euro-Med Monitor called on the EU to adopt urgent and decisive measures, including the imposition of economic, diplomatic, and military sanctions on Israel; suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement; halting all arms transfers; and the enforcement of international accountability mechanisms. It also urged EU states to support the ICJ’s prosecution efforts against Israeli officials and invoke universal jurisdiction to prosecute Israeli nationals implicated in crimes against Palestinians. “It is a matter of choice: will the EU remain silent in the face of such unmatched criminality, acting in stark breach of the values it purports to possess,” Euro-Med Monitor stated in the letter, “or will it take a stance and do what it can to prove to the world that it is in fact an institution that not only preaches the importance of upholding and protecting human rights in the wider world but also practices it?” The letter concluded by stressing that while the amount of destruction and loss of life in Gaza has already progressed to a point of no return, further destruction and death can still be prevented—if only the EU chooses to act.

Israeli occupation forces raided the home of freed Palestinian detainee Ahmad Abdul Karim Al-Deek in the town of Kafr Al-Deek in Salfit at dawn yesterday and detained his 12-year-old son, Ahmad, to pressure him into surrendering himself. The soldiers blindfolded and handcuffed the boy, took a photo of him, and sent it to his father via WhatsApp with a threat: "Either turn yourself in, or we will arrest your son and the rest of the family." At gunpoint, they also forced the child to record a voice message begging his father to come, in a blatant violation of international and humanitarian laws.

48-year-old Palestinian Wael Ghafri died of suffocation from tear gas fired by Israeli forces while attempting to reach his home—which had been burned by settlers—in the town of Sinjil, Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank.

Pope Francis called for Gaza ceasefire a day before his death A day before his passing, Pope Francis delivered his final Urbi et Orbi message on Easter Sunday, urging an “immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip” and calling the Holy Land “wounded by conflict.” Expressing solidarity with Gaza’s Christian community, he warned that “the terrible conflict continues to cause death and destruction and to create a dramatic and deplorable humanitarian situation.” This was far from his first appeal—throughout his papacy, Francis consistently spoke out for Gaza and Palestine.

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Protests erupted in Morocco to prevent the docking of ships supplying weapons to Israel. Clashes with police erupted after demonstrations in Tangier aimed at preventing the arrival of two cargo ships owned by MAERSK. The company is among the targets of a global boycott campaign against firms complicit in supplying and sustaining the genocide in Gaza. People took to the streets in Tangier and Casablanca to protest the Moroccan government's complicity with Israel. Since signing the Abraham Accords in 2020, Morocco has deepened its ties with Israel. African Lion 2025—the largest US-led military drill in Africa—is currently underway and will be hosted across Morocco, Tunisia, Ghana, and Senegal. The exercise includes the participation of Tunisia, Morocco, Qatar, Israel, and others.