Overview
- Local health authorities reported at least nine people killed on Saturday in strikes on a car in Gaza City’s Rimal area and on homes in Deir al-Balah and Nuseirat.
- UNICEF says at least 67 Palestinian children have been killed since the October ceasefire took effect, including a baby in Khan Younis and seven children a day earlier.
- Israel said it struck targets after a gunman crossed into Israeli-held territory using a humanitarian road, a claim Hamas rejected as an excuse for attacks.
- Casualty counts since the truce vary, with the Gaza health ministry citing 280 deaths in UN updates and other local tallies reporting 316.
- WFP reports about 100 aid trucks entering Gaza daily—roughly two-thirds of its target—while thousands of children await evacuation and hospitals struggle to treat severe injuries.