Overview

• MSF suspended its Gaza City activities after saying Israeli forces surrounded its clinics, following a week in which staff logged more than 3,640 consultations and treated 1,655 cases of malnutrition.
• The group says movement for vulnerable patients is perilous and it urges an immediate end to violence and unobstructed access for aid workers.
• MSF aims to maintain essential support at Ministry of Health facilities, including Al Helou and Al Shifa, as long as they remain operational.
• The Israeli military reported hitting more than 140 targets across the Gaza Strip in the past day.
• Casualties and displacement continue to mount, with Gaza Civil Defense reporting at least 22 deaths since dawn and estimates ranging from 700,000 people leaving Gaza City (IDF) to 388,400 moving south (UN OCHA) since late August.