Overview

• At least 21 Palestinians were reported killed since dawn in new Israeli strikes across Gaza, including four people who were waiting for aid, according to medical sources cited by Al Jazeera.
• The IDF said ground units are operating on Gaza City's outskirts, with the 99th and 162nd divisions targeting Hamas infrastructure in the north and the 36th division conducting operations in Khan Younis.
• Israel’s military said an intelligence-directed airstrike killed Mahmoud al-Asoud, identified as Hamas’s General Security commander in western Gaza.
• Israeli media reported the security cabinet ended its meeting without discussing Hamas’s latest ceasefire offer, maintaining plans to seize Gaza City as nationwide protests and roadblocks organized by hostage families demand a deal.
• The European Union condemned the deadly strike on Nasser hospital and called for investigations, and Norway’s sovereign wealth fund excluded Caterpillar over the alleged use of its bulldozers in unlawful destruction of Palestinian property.