Overview

• Israel demanded the UN‑supported IPC withdraw its famine report for Gaza and threatened to present alleged evidence of methodological violations to the initiative’s funders within two weeks.
• The UN Security Council, with the United States abstaining, urged a ceasefire, expanded aid, the release of all hostages and called on Israel to forgo the planned capture of Gaza City.
• Preparations for an offensive toward Gaza City intensified, with Israeli officials outlining relocation plans and tented sites for civilians as aid groups warn conditions in the south are already dire.
• Germany’s development minister Reem Alabali Radovan confirmed a halt to certain weapons exports, warned of further measures if the offensive proceeds and pressed Israel to release withheld Palestinian tax revenues.
• A strike on Khan Younis’s Nasser hospital killed about 20 people, including journalists, with Israel citing a Hamas camera as the target and claiming some militants were among the dead, a claim Hamas disputes.