Overview

• Israeli forces advanced through Gaza City neighborhoods including Sabra, Tel al-Hawa, Sheikh Radwan and Al-Naser, with the IDF’s 98th Division saying it has deepened operational control.
• The military reported strikes on roughly 140 targets tied to terror activity over the past day, while Gaza medical officials said at least 77 people were killed in that period.
• Hamas’s al-Qassam Brigades said contact was lost with two captives during Israeli operations and called for a 24-hour halt and pullback south of Street Eight; the Hostages and Missing Families Forum said families are working with officials to examine the claim.
• Israel has urged evacuations from Gaza City, estimating about 780,000 residents have left, a figure disputed by Hamas’s media office, which puts the number near 190,000.
• Saudi daily Asharq Al-Awsat reported Israeli overtures to the Durmush and Bakr clans to form anti-Hamas enclaves, a proposal it says was rejected before strikes destroyed several family homes and killed 36 people.