Overview

• Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved IDF plans to take Gaza City and ordered immediate negotiations to free all remaining hostages, with Israel saying 49 captives remain in Gaza and 27 are declared dead.
• Defense Minister Israel Katz warned Gaza City could be turned into Rafah and Beit Hanoun unless Hamas disarms and releases captives, declaring that the “gates of hell will open.”
• The IDF has mobilized about 60,000 reservists and will extend service for 20,000 more, while contacting hospitals and aid groups and warning up to one million residents in the north to evacuate south.
• Hamas accepted an Egypt‑ and Qatar‑brokered proposal for a 60‑day truce with phased hostage releases, but Israel rejects a partial release and insists on immediate disarmament before any deal.
• Humanitarian monitors report famine conditions affecting hundreds of thousands in Gaza, and the UN warns an expanded Gaza City operation would have a horrific impact on civilians.