Overview

• Israel said it brought down the Ruya tower on Sunday after destroying the Susi and Mushtaha towers on the two prior days, describing the buildings as Hamas sites.
• Fresh leaflets and Arabic-language posts ordered residents of western Gaza City to move toward Jan Yunis/Al Mawasi, which Israel now designates as a “humanitarian zone.”
• OCHA and relief groups say the zone was declared unilaterally, lacks space and services, and cannot accommodate further mass displacement.
• Gaza’s Health Ministry reports 64,300–64,368 people killed since 2023, with hundreds of additional deaths from hunger as malnutrition deepens.
• Israel asserts control over roughly 75% of the Strip and about 40% of Gaza City as it seeks to seize the city; Hamas alleges forced displacement, while President Trump says he is in “very deep” talks with Hamas and the new U.S. Middle East commander visited Israel.