Overview

• Deaths from the two strikes at Nasser Hospital rose to 22, including five journalists and emergency responders, with video showing a second blast hitting rescuers minutes after the first.
• The Israeli military said troops targeted what they believed was a Hamas surveillance camera and ordered a deeper inquiry into authorization, timing and ammunition, offering no evidence and no explanation for the second strike.
• Israel’s claim that six of the dead were militants was challenged by employers and hospital records, while eyewitnesses and outlets said only a Reuters live camera was on the roof and Hamas denied operating any camera there.
• U.S. officials met Israeli counterparts in Washington on post‑war planning for Gaza, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio hosting Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar and reports of a separate White House session circulating without details.
• Israel told Gaza City residents an evacuation is “inevitable” as forces operate on the city’s outskirts; the U.N. has declared famine in Gaza governorate and Israel has not formally responded to the mediator‑backed truce and hostage‑exchange proposal.