Overview

• Israeli forces advanced through Gaza City’s outer districts and moved tanks into parts of Sheikh Radwan as residents reported heavy bombardment and some defied fresh evacuation orders.
• Local health officials and Gaza’s civil defence reported dozens killed on Thursday, including children, with strikes hitting tents and makeshift shelters near Al-Shifa and in western neighborhoods.
• Gaza’s Health Ministry said the overall death toll has surpassed 64,000 since October 2023, while UN-backed monitors have declared a famine and authorities report roughly 370 hunger-related deaths, including 131 children.
• An Israeli COGAT official said authorities expect up to one million Palestinians to move south and that about 70,000 have already left the north, as UN and aid groups warned there is no safe place to go.
• Hamas reiterated willingness to exchange hostages for a ceasefire and Israeli withdrawal, which Israel dismissed as “spin,” leaving prospects for a truce and hostage deal unresolved.