🔴"Access to oxygen is not a medical luxury." With Israel blocking the entry of spare parts and medical supplies, Gaza's hospital engineers have been forced to salvage parts from damaged machinery just to keep equipment running. At Al-Shifa Hospital — once the largest medical facility in Gaza — engineers have managed to restore only around 15% of the hospital's equipment. "We now collect equipment damaged during the [Israeli] ground incursion and the bombing of the hospital … dismantle matching equipment of the same type, salvage and repair the parts, and then reassemble the equipment.,” Ahmed Younis, an engineer at Al-Shifa, told Drop Site. “But the equipment is not operating at the level of efficiency it is supposed to.” As of June 2026, WHO reported that the principal barriers to health facilities being rehabilitated in the Gaza Strip were a lack of medical equipment, affecting 97% of facilities, and shortages of medicines, affecting over 80% of facilities. The Ministry of Health has also issued an urgent warning that Gaza’s few remaining oxygen plants are operating beyond capacity and breaking down. In parallel with the decimation of Gaza’s health care system, Israel is continuing to severely restrict the number of Palestinians allowed out of Gaza to seek treatment abroad. Some 300 Palestinians have died waiting for medical evacuations since the “ceasefire” went into effect, according to the Health Ministry, with 20,000 patients waiting for authorization and only around 2,000 being allowed to cross so far.

💢🇵🇸 Israeli forces and settlers continue to escalate attacks on the occupied West Bank, with 504 reported attacks in the past week alone, according to the Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission. ◦Hebron: Israeli authorities ordered the demolition of an elementary school and several homes in Masafer Yatta on Tuesday, WAFA reported. In the Bedouin community of Yatta, Israeli forces demolished a Palestinian house and filled in a water well. ◦Ramallah: An Israeli attack on the village of Al-Mughayyir wounded six Palestinians on Tuesday, two of whom were women and three of whom were children, with Israeli forces firing tear gas on the village inhabitants as they plowed their fields, according to WAFA. ◦Jenin: Israeli authorities summarily demolished 12 warehouses in Anza on Tuesday, WAFA reported. On Monday, an Israeli military court sentenced Ata Rmeilat-Abu Rmeileh, a 67-year-old Fatah official from Jenin, to 42 months in prison and fined him more than $1,650, after detaining him without charge for nearly 3 years and with his health deteriorating. ◦Nablus: Israeli forces injured six Palestinians during an incursion into Burqa on Tuesday morning, two of whom were children. In Tal, Israeli forces conducted a raid on Monday before demolishing the home of Farouq Ramadan, a Palestinian who, while being attacked late last month, grabbed a settler’s gun before being shot dead by Israeli settlers. ◦East Jerusalem: The Jerusalem Governorate announced on Tuesday plans by Israeli authorities to build 650 new settlement units on 27 dunums of land in East Jerusalem near Umm Tuba.

⭕️ Two Israeli female soldiers photographed themselves posing beside a young, blindfolded Palestinian detainee who appears to be a minor and proudly posted the image on Instagram. The post, which circulated widely online and was reviewed by Drop Site News, was uploaded by Israeli soldier Nikol Stelmashvski as part of a 20-photo carousel containing additional images from her time in Gaza. Her account [@ nikol.stel, IG] has since been made private after the photo drew public backlash. The image is the latest in a documented pattern of Israeli soldiers publicly sharing evidence of Palestinian detainees being humiliated or abused. Such conduct violates international humanitarian law, which prohibits the degrading treatment of detainees.

⛪️ April 7 | Pope Leo calls for all to reject war, warns of economic and energy crises The Pope issued a direct appeal from Castel Gandolfo, calling on Americans and citizens of all countries to “reject war” and violence.   Addressing the ongoing United States and Israel’s war on Iran, the Pope specifically urged ordinary citizens to contact their political leaders and representatives to demand an end to the hostilities. Leo XIV warned of a "worldwide economic crisis" and an “energy crisis” already underway as a result of the instability caused by the “unjust war” that is "continuing to escalate and... is not resolving anything". The Pope described the threat against the entire Iranian people as "unacceptable" and noted that attacks on civilian infrastructure violate international law.

NYT published two articles explaining U.S.–Israeli strikes on Iran, but both rely entirely on U.S. and Israeli officials. Neither article quotes Iranian officials, independent analysts, humanitarian groups, or civilians, nor mentions civilian deaths or damage to hospitals, homes, schools, or water infrastructure, @loffredojeremy found: 👇

🚨 ISRAEL REIMPOSES TOTAL SIEGE ON GAZA Israel has closed all crossings into Gaza, including Rafah, “until further notice.” COGAT says humanitarian staff rotations are postponed, meaning no aid personnel can enter or leave. Israel falsely claimed: “The substantial quantities of food that have entered since the beginning of the ceasefire amount to four times the nutritional needs of the population… Therefore, the existing stock is expected to suffice for an extended period.” UN says less than 170 of the daily 600 trucks have been entering Gaza drive the ceasefire began.