Overview

• IDF chief Eyal Zamir has approved a conceptual plan calling for emergency mobilization of 80,000–100,000 reservists to seize Gaza City.
• Gaza Health Ministry reported at least 54 Palestinians killed and 831 wounded over 24 hours as Israeli forces stepped up operations.
• Gaza Civil Defense Agency said strikes on the Zeitun neighbourhood killed 17 people, including six civilians waiting for humanitarian aid.
• Hamas’s al-Qassam Brigades and allied groups claimed they destroyed an Israeli tank and a bulldozer with a domestically developed RPG in al-Zaytoun and fired mortars at advancing vehicles.
• A coalition of more than 100 NGOs including MSF and Save the Children said Israeli authorities have denied dozens of aid requests, leaving food and medical supplies stuck in Jordan and Egypt.