Overview

• Palestinian outlets reported fatalities and injuries at the Al-Mu'tasim school sheltering displaced families in Gaza City, with 44 people killed since Friday as the IDF warned of "unprecedented" force and directed civilians to move south via Al-Rashid road.
• Israel has intensified demolitions, saying up to 20 high-rise towers in Gaza City were razed in recent weeks, while UN human rights officials warned that deliberate population transfers could amount to ethnic cleansing and satellite images showed large-scale devastation.
• The Israeli military said it killed Hezbollah field commander Amr al-Hel Qutaybani and another operative in southern Lebanon and struck a reconnaissance boat off Naqoura, as evacuation orders spurred fresh departures from several border towns.
• Estonia said three Russian MiG-31s violated its airspace for about 12 minutes before NATO F-35s intercepted them, a claim Russia denied, and Poland later deployed its own and allied aircraft to protect its skies during Russian strikes near the Ukrainian border.
• A diplomatic rift widened as France coordinated a UNGA-side meeting of countries weighing recognition of a Palestinian state over U.S. objections, and Qatar sought an Israeli apology for a strike on Doha as a condition to resume Gaza mediation efforts.