Overview

• An 86% majority of the International Association of Genocide Scholars approved a resolution saying Israel’s policies and actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide, a finding Israel rejected as a disgrace based on Hamas propaganda.
• Israel began calling up about 60,000 reservists for a new push focused on Gaza City, with the army chief pledging to intensify operations and residents receiving leaflets urging immediate movement south; hundreds of reservists publicly protested the mobilization.
• Gaza’s Health Ministry reports at least 63,557 dead and 160,660 injured since October 7, 2023, and says several hundred deaths are attributed to hunger and malnutrition, including children.
• Reporters Without Borders and Avaaz coordinated a global action joined by 150–250 news outlets to denounce the killings of journalists and demand protection and independent access to Gaza, citing recent strikes that killed reporters at Al Nasser hospital and near Al Shifa.
• Fighting continued across the enclave with armor entering parts of Gaza City and fresh strikes reported, including dozens killed in the past day and incidents that local sources say claimed children’s lives in Khan Younis, while foreign media remain barred from independent entry.