Overview
- Health authorities in Gaza report at least 441 Palestinians killed and more than 1,223 wounded since the ceasefire began, with new incidents in Khan Younis, Gaza City and the Al Mawasi camp.
- Médecins Sans Frontières accused Israel of using baseless allegations and bureaucracy to restrict critical medical care, as a seven-day-old infant reportedly died from hypothermia linked to shortages.
- President Donald Trump is pressing to convene the first meeting of the proposed Gaza Peace Council at the Davos forum later this month, according to Axios.
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu named former UN Middle East envoy Nickolay Mladenov as director-general to oversee the council’s implementation work.
- Hamas’s military wing said it will not give up its weapons while what it calls the occupation continues, and Israeli officials tie further steps to receiving the last hostage’s remains.