Overview

• The IDF announced a temporary route along Salah al-Din for residents to move south, open from noon Wednesday to noon Friday local time.
• Displacement figures diverge sharply, with Israel citing about 350,000 departures from Gaza City since mid-August and UN estimates ranging from roughly 150,000 to over 238,000, including about 48,000 in the past two days.
• Gaza’s Health Ministry says the death toll has surpassed 64,900 since 2023, and hospital officials reported at least 16 more killed overnight in strikes across the territory.
• Medical services are faltering as Al-Quds Hospital sustained damage, only three of six UN-run medical posts in Gaza City remain open, and fuel and medical missions are suspended while aid convoys face delays and security risks.
• More than 20 aid organizations urged governments to use political, economic and legal tools to halt the assault following the UN commission’s conclusion, as France and Qatar issued sharp condemnations of Israel’s operation.