Overview

• Israel’s military began mobilizing roughly 60,000 reservists for a widened push on Gaza City, with Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir vowing to intensify operations and prepare four divisions under the “Carros de Gedeón 2” plan.
• The International Association of Genocide Scholars concluded Israel’s actions meet the legal definition of genocide, with 86% support among voting members, a finding Israel’s Foreign Ministry rejected as baseless and “a shame.”
• Gaza’s Health Ministry reported 63,557 dead and 160,660 wounded since October 7, including at least 98 killed in the previous 24 hours, and medical sources said a strike in Khan Younis killed seven children.
• UN‑backed analysts declared famine in northern Gaza, and officials recorded 185 hunger deaths in August alone, bringing confirmed malnutrition fatalities to about 348, including more than 120 children.
• Domestic dissent grew as several hundred Israeli reservists said they will not report for duty, while internationally Belgium said it will recognize Palestine at this month’s UN General Assembly and France’s Emmanuel Macron signaled recognition would proceed.