Overview

• At least seven people were killed when an Israeli strike hit Al Ahli hospital in Gaza City and a boy died in a separate tent attack, according to Al Jazeera and local reports.
• Gaza’s Ministry of Health reported 11 hunger-related deaths over the past 24 hours as food shortages worsen under siege conditions.
• The Israel Defense Forces have stepped up air and ground operations and are increasing pressure to move Palestinians into southern concentration zones.
• Tens of thousands of Israelis participated in a general strike and set up blockades in Tel Aviv in protests led by the Forum of Families of the Hostages.
• The Forum expects up to one million people at Hostages’ Square and coordinated actions at about 400 sites nationwide, with a mass rally planned at the Kirya military headquarters.