Overview
- Israeli forces struck 120 targets as troops pushed deeper into Gaza City, with Gaza’s Health Ministry reporting 74 people killed in the past day and other tallies citing dozens more dead in separate strikes.
- Doctors Without Borders suspended activities in Gaza City, saying its clinics were encircled by Israeli forces and staff faced unacceptable risk.
- Two clinics have been destroyed and two hospitals taken out of service during the two‑week push, Al‑Quds Hospital was largely evacuated as forces closed in, and Shifa staff reported tanks near the facility.
- UN and WHO figures show widespread service shutdowns and malnutrition centers closed, while the border into northern Gaza has been shut since Sept. 12, and hundreds of thousands have fled the city in recent weeks.
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the U.N. Israel must continue its campaign as President Donald Trump said a deal to ease fighting is close and plans to meet Netanyahu, though Hamas said it has not received any plan.