Overview
- Health authorities report that an airstrike on the queue outside a Project HOPE clinic in Deir al-Balah on Thursday killed at least 15 civilians, including six children.
- The Israel Defense Forces said it targeted a Hamas operative linked to the October 7 attack and has opened a formal investigation into the civilian casualties.
- Indirect negotiations in Doha over a US-backed 60-day ceasefire and phased hostage release remain deadlocked over aid corridors and Israeli troop withdrawals.
- European Union mediators secured an agreement for Israel to permit increased food and fuel shipments into Gaza to address acute shortages.
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned from Washington emphasizing that any permanent ceasefire must be contingent on Hamas disarming and relinquishing control of Gaza.