Overview
- At least 33 people were killed in the latest strikes, including 17 in four hits on tents sheltering displaced families in Khan Younis and 16 in separate strikes on a building in Gaza City, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry and hospital officials.
- UN spokesman Stéphane Dujarric voiced deep concern over continuing civilian deaths, Qatar called the bombardments brutal and a dangerous escalation, Saudi Arabia denounced Israeli actions and criticized Benjamin Netanyahu’s Golan visit, and Cuba issued a formal condemnation.
- Palestinian health authorities report cumulative casualties in Gaza of 69,546 killed and 170,833 injured since October 7, 2023.
- UNICEF warns the collapse of water and sanitation has become a public health disaster, with half of families using improvised toilets and widespread open defecation, and says emergency latrines and drinking-water access are being expanded.
- UNIFIL reports roughly 7,500 Israeli airspace violations and 2,500 ground incursions into Lebanon during the year-long truce and says it handed over more than 360 abandoned weapons caches to Lebanese forces.