Overview

• Israel suspended daytime humanitarian pauses in Gaza City after labeling it a dangerous combat zone and signaled preparations to widen its offensive.
• UN officials cautioned that Gaza could lose up to half of its hospital capacity if the planned push into the city proceeds.
• Independent UN experts reported enforced disappearances of Palestinians who went to Rafah aid sites managed by the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, saying Israeli forces appear implicated.
• The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation denied evidence of disappearances inside its facilities, urging focus on conduct outside its sites.
• Food security monitors have declared famine in Gaza City, the WFP chief described a breaking point, and UN data show hundreds killed around aid centers as Gaza’s health ministry reports a death toll exceeding 62,900.