Overview

• The IDF said it eliminated more than 20 Hamas operatives over the past month, including Yousef Mahmoud Muhammad Juma’a, identified as the leader of the Oct. 7 Alumim cell.
• The military reported striking a Gaza City high-rise it said housed Hamas intelligence and observation posts, following what it described as warnings and precision targeting to limit civilian harm.
• Israel said its Gaza City ground push under “Operation Gideon’s Chariots II” has hit around 500 targets, with forces dismantling assets in Jabaliya and killing about 10 fighters near Sheikh Radwan.
• The IDF said more than 1,200 aid trucks entered Gaza over the past week, and nearly 1,900 trucks were received and distributed from the Gazan side of the Kerem Shalom and Zikim crossings.
• Officials said Crossing 147 is being expanded to handle 150 trucks daily and estimated roughly 300,000 Palestinians have left Gaza City in recent weeks, as leaders reiterated war goals and referenced Trump’s latest truce proposal.