Overview

• Israeli tanks and troops pressed into Gaza City through areas including Sheikh Radwan and Tel al-Hawa, with the military saying the push targets Hamas fighters and the recovery of hostages.
• Israel announced a short-term evacuation route along Salah al-Din Road and dropped maps and leaflets, but many civilians continued using the crowded coastal al-Rashid Road they judged less risky.
• UN statements and satellite imagery documented rapid flight from Gaza City, including tent camps in Sheikh Radwan emptying, with roughly 60,000 people fleeing in 72 hours and hundreds of thousands displaced overall.
• Gaza’s main telecom provider reported a cutoff of internet and phone services across the territory, with partial restoration of fixed internet and landlines reported by nightfall.
• Gaza health authorities report the death toll has surpassed 65,000 as aid groups warn of famine and collapsing care, and the United States vetoed a Security Council resolution calling for an immediate permanent ceasefire.