Overview

• Elements of the IDF’s 98th, 162nd and 36th divisions pushed deeper into Gaza City after Sept. 16 under the Gideon’s Chariots II operation.
• The Israeli military said the air force struck 850 targets between Sept. 9 and 16, and on Friday reported killing Sim Mahmoud Yusuf Abu Alkhir, a deputy intelligence figure in Hamas’ Bureij Battalion.
• Israeli officials estimate 350,000 people have left Gaza City since early September, with about 600,000 still there, as evacuation leaflets directed residents to move south.
• Access routes shifted this week, with a temporary opening on the Salah al-Din road followed by a closure announced as traffic was funneled to the coastal Al-Rashid road, forcing many evacuees to travel on foot.
• Local authorities and reporting described heavy destruction to Gaza City infrastructure, collapsed utilities and scarce aid, while the IDF confirmed four soldiers were killed in southern Gaza as Haaretz cited troops warning of uncleared, explosive-laden routes.