Overview

• - UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said humanitarian staff reported airstrikes in Gaza City roughly every eight to nine minutes alongside bombardments and helicopter fire, with fresh evacuations and dozens of new casualties.
• - Médecins Sans Frontières suspended medical activities in Gaza City after its clinics were encircled, citing tanks advancing to within about one kilometer and warning that vulnerable patients cannot be moved safely.
• - Israeli forces said they hit more than 140 targets in the last day, while Gaza health authorities reported at least 60 deaths in 24 hours and a cumulative death toll exceeding 65,000 since October 2023.
• - Displacement has surged since late August, with Israel’s military estimating about 700,000 people fleeing Gaza City and the UN’s OCHA counting roughly 388,400 moving south in the same period.
• - Netanyahu rejected recognition of a Palestinian state and denied genocide allegations at the UN as numerous delegations walked out, while protests drew about 2,000 in New York and up to 60,000 in Berlin.