Overview

• Gaza Civil Defense reports that 69 Palestinians died in Thursday’s Israeli operations, including 15 killed in a night airstrike on a Gaza City school sheltering displaced families.
• Thirty-eight civilians were shot and killed while queuing for humanitarian aid at GHF distribution sites, an incident the IDF has not publicly addressed.
• The Israeli military says it struck a senior Hamas operative and took extensive precautions to reduce the risk to civilians.
• United Nations agencies and rights groups accuse Israeli forces of bombing and firing on Palestinians near aid points, warning of a deepening humanitarian emergency in Gaza.
• Prime Minister Netanyahu is due in Washington next week to discuss the proposed truce with President Trump, who has pressed for a halt to the fighting.