Overview

• Tanks and infantry advanced from multiple approaches into Gaza City, with strikes intensifying on Sheikh Radwan and Tel al-Hawa as forces seek to reach central and western districts.
• The 48-hour window to use Salah al-Din Road ended as the army directed civilians to the coastal al-Rashid route, where crowds and scarce services slowed flight south.
• Displacement surged, with the IDF citing roughly 350,000 who left Gaza City and the UN reporting 60,000 in 72 hours, while satellite images showed Sheik Radwan tent camps largely emptied.
• Gaza-wide phone and internet service collapsed, the telecoms provider said, before fixed lines and landlines were partially restored by nightfall in some areas.
• Gaza health authorities reported more than 65,000 deaths since October 2023 as the WHO warned blood shortages could halt hospital services, while UN rights bodies accused Israel of striking fleeing civilians and the US vetoed a UN Security Council ceasefire resolution.