Israeli strikes on Wednesday, April 2, destroyed a health center run by the United Nations agency responsible for Palestinian refugees where around 160 displaced families were staying, in the Jabaliya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip. Twenty people were killed, including nine children. According to the Israeli army, which claimed the site was used for planning attacks, Hamas members were among the victims.

On the same day, a video shot in the center of the Palestinian enclave in Deir Al-Balah showed a street in the city awash with blood after Israel bombed a Hamas position. Four people were killed in the strike: two police officers, and two civilians, according to Gaza journalist Rami Abu Jamus. Israel forbids foreign press from entering the territory.

Also on Wednesday, the Israeli army took control of a new strip of territory crossing the enclave, named the "Morag Corridor," after a former Jewish settlement dismantled in 2005. In a video broadcast in the evening, Netanyahu said, "We are dissecting the Gaza Strip and gradually increasing pressure so they return our hostages. The IDF [Israeli army] is seizing territory, striking terrorists, and destroying infrastructure."

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