Overview

• IDF says the first phase of its Gaza City operation is underway under 'Gideon’s Chariots 2,' with forces controlling parts of the periphery.
• Military orders instruct residents to move south as Israel opens humanitarian corridors and sets up field hospitals and aid distribution points.
• About 60,000 reservists are being summoned now, with plans to scale toward roughly 130,000 over coming months to sustain operations.
• Netanyahu states Israel will take Gaza City even if a truce deal is reached, while mediators await Jerusalem’s formal response to the Hamas‑accepted proposal.
• Israel’s approval of the E1 settlement plan for roughly 3,400 units draws condemnations from the UN, the EU and Italy’s Giorgia Meloni, who warn it undermines a two‑state outcome.