Overview
- Hospital and civil defense officials reported 26–32 people killed on Saturday, including children, after strikes hit tents for the displaced, residential apartments and a police station in Gaza City and Khan Yunis.
- The Israeli military said the attacks responded to a truce violation in which eight armed men emerged from underground infrastructure in Rafah, and it claimed strikes on Hamas and Islamic Jihad commanders, an arms depot, a production site and launch facilities.
- Authorities said the casualties included women and police officers, with additional people feared trapped under rubble after impacts in areas such as Al Mawasi and the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood.
- Israel announced the Rafah crossing will reopen Sunday for limited, two‑way pedestrian movement under EU mission supervision and Israeli security coordination, allowing returns only for Palestinians who left Gaza during the war.
- Israeli media cited an internal estimate of roughly 70,000 Palestinians killed since October 2023, broadly aligning with Gaza Health Ministry figures; an IDF spokesperson said those numbers are not validated, as the United States advanced a $6.67 billion arms sale and reports surfaced of resignations at the U.S. Gaza mission.