Overview

• Israeli forces pressed deeper into Gaza City, striking areas like Sheikh Radwan and Tel al-Hawa and demolishing roughly 20 high‑rise blocks in recent weeks, with the military also reporting booby‑traps and tunnel shafts dismantled.
• Gaza’s Health Ministry reported dozens killed in the past day as hundreds of thousands continue to evacuate; Israel briefly opened the Salah al‑Din route for 48 hours this week and later directed people to use the al‑Rashid coastal road.
• The IDF said an airstrike killed Sim Mahmoud Yusuf Abu Alkhir, a deputy intelligence figure in Hamas’ Bureij Battalion, while troops and aircraft dismantled more than 20 additional military sites in ongoing operations.
• UNICEF said armed individuals stole therapeutic food for malnourished children from four of its trucks in Gaza City, while local officials and NGOs cited collapsing utilities, fuel shortages and more than 440 reported starvation deaths.
• Hamas posted a new image of 48 captives and warned their lives are at risk as Israel advances, with Israeli estimates saying around 20 may be alive, and several Western countries plan to recognize a Palestinian state at the U.N. gathering next week, including Portugal on Sunday.