This is an entry from: Israel's War on Gaza Live: Israel pounds Rafah in overnight strikes
Evening recap
15 April 2024 23:58 BST
Good evening Middle East Eye readers,
Gaza's health ministry said that 68 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks on the enclave in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 33,797 killed since 7 October.
76,465 people have been wounded since the start of the war, 94 of them in the past 24 hours.
Israeli settlers shot and killed three Palestinians on Monday in the Nablus province of the occupied West Bank, Salah Bani Jaber, the mayor of Aqraba, told Reuters.
In other developments:
- Iran resumed operations at Tehran's Imam Khomeini international airport and the Mehrabad airport.
- Israeli authorities release Palestinian after amputating his leg in custody.
- UN experts deplored Israel's reported use of AI and relative military directives in the Gaza Strip "leading to an unprecedented toll on the civilian population, housing, vital services and infrastructure."
- A mass grave was discovered at al-Shifa Medical Complex after a deadly Israeli assault last month left the Gaza City hospital in ruins.
- President Joe Biden reaffirmed Washington's dedication to Israeli security prior to a meeting with Iraq's prime minister.
- The White House labelled Iran's extensive aerial assault on Israel as a "spectacular and embarrassing failure" on Monday after US forces aided in intercepting the majority of the missiles and drones launched by Tehran.
- Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan's office announced on Monday that he had a telephone conversation with Qatar's Emir Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad al-Thani regarding heightened efforts within the Muslim world to halt Israel's attacks.
- According to an internal memo obtained by The Intercept, The New York Times instructed journalists reporting on Israel's war on the Gaza Strip to limit the use of the terms "genocide" and "ethnic cleansing" and to refrain from using the phrase "occupied territory" when referring to Palestinian land.
- Iraqi Airways has announced the resumption of flights between Iraq and Iran beginning on Tuesday, the Iraqi state news agency reported on Monday.