Overview

• Defense Minister Israel Katz and the IDF say Hamas’ masked spokesman Abu Obeida was eliminated in an airstrike in Gaza City.
• The IDF confirms it killed Ahmed al-Rahawi, the Houthi-appointed prime minister, in a strike in Sana’a, with additional senior figures also targeted.
• Israeli officials signal plans to halt airdropped aid to Gaza City and scale back truck deliveries to the north, while UNRWA reports about 6,000 trucks ready but awaiting approval.
• Israel orders large southward movements from Gaza City, with reports that roughly a million people were told to evacuate and only about 10,000 have moved so far, as the ICRC calls a mass exodus unworkable.
• Local authorities and hospital sources report rising civilian deaths, including people waiting for aid and an attack on a bakery, while a minister says a temporary truce is off the table and senior security officials push for a ceasefire–hostage agreement.