Overview

• Israel dismissed Hamas’s proposal for a comprehensive truce and prisoner exchange as an evasive maneuver and said forces are preparing a major assault on Gaza City.
• Gaza health authorities report more than 63,600 Palestinians killed since 2023, with hundreds of deaths attributed to hunger as access to aid remains severely restricted.
• A UN disabilities committee said at least 21,000 children in Gaza have been left disabled and tens of thousands more injured since the war began.
• Protesters set vehicles and containers ablaze near Benjamin Netanyahu’s Jerusalem residence, prompting evacuations, and the prime minister denounced demonstrators as “fascists.”
• UNIFIL reported Israeli drones dropped four grenades near peacekeepers in south Lebanon, and the UAE warned that any Israeli move to annex parts of the occupied West Bank would be a red line.