Overview

• Gaza’s health ministry reports 66,000 killed and 168,162 wounded since October 7, figures the UN treats as broadly reliable despite no civilian–combatant breakdown.
• Gaza authorities allege roughly 2,000 people were killed in areas Israel designated as safe, including Al Mawasi, after residents were ordered out of Gaza City.
• The Gaza media office says Israel conducted 133 strikes on central and southern governorates since August 11 and that deaths there accounted for about 46% of fatalities in that period.
• Israel began an expanded ground push in Gaza City this month, issuing new evacuation orders as UN monitors cite strikes on tents, residential buildings and infrastructure, with the WFP estimating 350,000–400,000 people have left the area.
• The UN warns more than half a million people are trapped in famine conditions as health centers and community kitchens shut down and the humanitarian response erodes.