Overview

• IDF machine-gun fire near the Zikim post killed at least 24 civilians and injured more than 300 as they waited for aid trucks.
• The military announced it will resume nighttime aerial drops of flour, sugar and canned goods and open UN-designated corridors for convoys during the cease-fire.
• Gaza health authorities report 127 malnutrition deaths since the offensive began, including 85 children, and say infant formula is now exhausted.
• UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini criticized airdrops as costly, ineffective and potentially dangerous for starving civilians.
• Médecins Sans Frontières and other NGOs accuse Israel of using starvation as a weapon and demand unrestricted access through all border crossings.