Overview
- Palestinian civil defence and hospitals report dozens killed in recent Israeli airstrikes across Gaza, including women and children, after Israel said gunmen fired near its forces in Khan Younis.
- The Israeli military says it killed two senior Hamas figures in targeted strikes: Abdullah Abu Shalha, head of the group’s naval apparatus, and Fadi Abu Mustafa, in charge of tunnels in Khan Younis.
- Israel says documents recovered in Gaza show links between Hamas and Syria’s Assad government, Hezbollah and Iran’s IRGC, including correspondence involving Yahya Sinwar and Ismail Haniyeh; the claim was not independently verified in the reports.
- The Wall Street Journal reports a U.S.-backed plan to delineate Hamas ‘red’ areas and Israeli ‘green’ zones and to establish temporary communities for displaced people in southern Gaza, with Rafah cited as the likely pilot.
- Regional fronts broadened as Israel said an earlier strike in Lebanon’s Ain al-Hilweh killed 13 Hamas members and Syrian media reported Israeli units raising a flag during an incursion in Quneitra before withdrawing.