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Israel pounds Gaza; US bombs Yemen detention centre, ‘killing dozens’

By Lyndal Rowlands, Edna Mohamed and Nils Adler

Published On 28 Apr 202528 Apr 2025

• Houthi-affiliated media says US forces have bombed a detention centre holding African migrants in northern Saada, killing at least 30 and wounding 50 more.
• Medics in Gaza say Israeli forces have killed 17 Palestinians in predawn attacks, a day after killing at least 53 people across the Strip.
• Fears of famine are growing as Israel’s total blockade on all food and aid into Gaza passes its eighth week.
• At least 52,243 Palestinians have been confirmed killed and 117,639 wounded in Israel’s war on Gaza since it began 18 months ago. The Gaza Government Media Office updated the death toll to more than 61,700, saying thousands of people missing under the rubble are presumed dead.

Footage shows dead bodies at Yemen detention centre

The graphic footage, aired by Al Masirah TV and verified by Al Jazeera, shows several dead bodies lying in the rubble of the bombed out detention centre for African migrants in Saada.

Other footage showed wounded people receiving treatment at the General Republican Hospital in Saada.

The hospital said in a post on Telegram that dozens of people were killed and that at least 50 wounded people have arrived at the facility.

At least 30 killed in US attack on Yemen detention centre: Report

We’ve been reporting on a US attack on a detention centre holding African migrants in the northern province of Saada.

The Houthi-affiliated Al Masirah TV says the prison housed 115 inmates and that at least 30 people were killed in the attack. Another 50 were wounded and have been transferred to hospital for treatment. Most of their injuries are critical.

Yemen’s official Saba agency, citing a security source, says there are dozens of victims and that rescue teams have been putting out a fire caused by the bombing.

There was no immediate comment from the US military.

The US Central Command issued a statement before news of the strike broke, seeking to defend its policy of offering no specific details of its extensive bombing campaign.

“To preserve operational security, we have intentionally limited disclosing details of our ongoing or future operations,” CENTCOM said. “We are very deliberate in our operational approach, but will not reveal specifics about what we’ve done or what we will do.”

• What other court cases Israel is facing?

  As we’ve been reporting, the ICJ is due to hold hearings on Israel’s humanitarian obligations to Palestinians in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.

  The case is one of several cases against Israel. The others are:

  • South Africa’s case at the ICJ, accusing Israel of committing genocide in Gaza. The proceedings are likely to take years to conclude.
  • The International Criminal Court’s case against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant on war crime allegations. The ICC has also issued warrants for three Hamas leaders who have since been killed.

  It’s important to note that the ICJ ruled last year that Israel’s continued presence in the occupied Palestinian territory is unlawful and should come to an end “as rapidly as possible”.

  
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  Four bodies pulled from rubble in south Gaza

  Rescuers in Khan Younis have pulled the bodies of four Palestinians killed in an Israeli attack on a house in Khan Younis on Sunday evening.

  As we’ve been reporting, medics say Israeli attacks killed at least 53 people in Gaza on Sunday.

  Another 17 have been killed since the early hours of this morning.
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  • Israeli forces have killed at least 17 Palestinians in predawn attacks on Gaza, a day after killing 53 people across the Strip, according to medics.
  • Houthi-affiliated Al Masirah TV is reporting that US forces have bombed a detention centre holding African migrants in northern Yemen, killing dozens of people.
  • Israeli forces have severely beaten an elderly man in the Tulkarem refugee camp in the occupied West Bank after setting fire to his home, the Wafa agency reports.
  • The International Court of Justice is set to begin a five-day hearing on Israel’s humanitarian obligations in the occupied Palestinian territory.
  • Police in New York have launched investigations into reports of assault and harassment against two women by pro-Israeli demonstrators during a visit to the city by Israeli far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.