Overview
- An AP review of Israeli COGAT data shows an average of 459 aid trucks entered Gaza daily since Oct. 12, below the 600-per-day target, while the UN logs 6,545 trucks unloaded in that period, about 113 per day.
- UN rights chief Volker Türk reports more than 350 attacks near the Gaza cease-fire “yellow line” with at least 121 Palestinians killed, stressing the line is not a border and must be fully respected.
- Gaza’s Health Ministry says fatalities have continued daily since the Oct. 10 truce, including a one-year-old shot near Rafah, and puts the overall death toll since 2023 above 70,000.
- Hamas official Husam Badran conditions a second phase on halting lethal incidents, reopening Rafah in both directions, and boosting aid; Israel ties movement to the return of the last hostage’s remains, identified as Ran Gvili.
- Israel escorted journalists through a large Rafah tunnel it describes as a key Hamas network used for weapons and to hold a hostage’s body, as UN agencies warn of worsening winter hardship and UNICEF cites 9,300 children hospitalized for acute malnutrition in October and roughly 460 low-weight births each month.