Overview

• Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said operations in and around Gaza City are being extended with the stated goal of taking control of the city, and the army reports controlling about 40% of it.
• Netanyahu said roughly 100,000 residents have left Gaza City, while UN estimates indicate nearly one million people remain in and around the area.
• Israeli forces destroyed the Sussi residential tower on Saturday after striking the nearby Mushtaha tower a day earlier, and Defense Minister Israel Katz posted video of a collapse; the army says Hamas used the sites, which the group denies.
• The army issued urgent alerts to evacuate the Al-Rouya building ahead of a planned strike and called residents to move to the designated al-Mawasi area in the south.
• Medical sources cited by Al-Jazeera reported at least 67 people killed since Saturday morning across Gaza, including 45 in Gaza City, while reporting and residents question the safety and available aid in al-Mawasi and nearby Khan Younes.