Overview

• Israel’s military said an initial inquiry found troops targeted a camera at Nasser Hospital they believed was observing forces, and it ordered a wider probe into authorization and timing without publicly providing evidence or addressing the second strike.
• Video and eyewitness accounts show two blasts minutes apart that killed at least 20 people, including journalists Mariam Dagga, Hussam al‑Masri, Mohammed Salama, Moaz Abu Taha and Ahed Abu Aziz who worked with outlets including AP, Reuters, Al Jazeera and Middle East Eye.
• The UN human rights office pressed for investigations that deliver accountability, while AP and Reuters demanded a transparent explanation and press groups cited a mounting toll of journalists killed in Gaza.
• Israel signaled a push to seize Gaza City, with an IDF spokesperson calling evacuation “inevitable,” reservist call‑ups approved, and residents reporting intensified bombardment as troops operate on the city’s outskirts.
• President Donald Trump is set to chair Washington talks on Gaza’s future as mediators maintain a 60‑day truce and hostage‑exchange plan that Hamas says it accepted, while the UN has declared famine in Gaza governorate and hospitals report new starvation deaths.