Overview

• UN OCHA says Israel approved 190,000 tonnes of aid for Gaza, including food, medicines, shelter items and the first cooking gas allowed since March.
• OCHA and the ICRC urge opening and repairing all crossings as agencies report 190,000 tonnes of supplies staged in Egypt and Jordan, while UN officials say only about 300 trucks a day are being let in instead of the 600 agreed.
• Hamas freed the remaining 20 living hostages and has returned eight bodies, but Israel’s forensic institute concluded one of the latest bodies delivered does not match any known hostage, increasing friction over access.
• UNDP estimates roughly 84% of Gaza’s infrastructure is damaged, rising to 92% in some areas, with about 55 million tonnes of debris to clear and at least $70 billion required for reconstruction, including around $20 billion in the next three years.
• Humanitarian monitors logged nearly 310,000 movements from southern to northern Gaza following the truce, as UNMAS and NGOs warn of ‘enormous’ risks from unexploded ordnance and Israel separately handed over 45 Palestinian bodies under the exchange framework.