Overview
- Gaza’s Health Ministry announced on Sunday that the overall Palestinian death toll from the conflict has reached 73,001 with more than 173,200 wounded.
- Israeli strikes and gunfire have continued during the ceasefire period, and medics reported recent killings near Al‑Yeman Al‑Saeed Hospital in Jabalia and in Khan Younis and Gaza City.
- The U.S.‑brokered ceasefire from October halted full‑scale operations and secured hostage returns but key steps have stalled because Hamas has refused to disarm and Israeli forces have not fully withdrawn.
- Humanitarian conditions remain dire with mass displacement, widespread damage to housing and infrastructure, and severe shortages of food, fuel and medicine that limit relief operations.
- Mediators from Egypt, Qatar and Turkey are intensifying talks to implement the next phase but disagreement over disarmament, withdrawals and Gaza’s future role for Hamas keeps the political track deadlocked and raises risks of wider regional escalation.