Overview

• Israeli forces escalated strikes and encirclement in Gaza City, ordering up to about one million people to move south as Palestinian sources reported dozens of new deaths with differing tolls.
• Israeli authorities are preparing a major push into the city and, according to CNN, plan to halt airdrops over Gaza City and scale back truck convoys to the north ahead of the operation, with only about 10,000 reported to have evacuated so far.
• UNRWA says its warehouses in Egypt and Jordan are ready to dispatch roughly 6,000 trucks but that Israeli restrictions are blocking their entry into Gaza.
• ICRC president Mirjana Spoljaric stated that a safe and dignified mass evacuation of Gaza City is not feasible under current conditions.
• Reports say a targeted strike killed Hamas spokesman Abu Obeida, a claim not officially confirmed and disputed by Hamas, while Israel confirmed an attack in Sana'a that killed Houthi officials and Netanyahu announced the recovery of Idan Shtivi’s body.