Overview
- The Gaza Health Ministry says a one-year-old girl was shot dead by an Israeli sniper in the Fash Farsh area near Rafah.
- The ministry’s daily update reports three people killed by Israeli fire that day and two additional bodies recovered from rubble.
- The ministry’s cumulative death toll in Gaza has risen to roughly 70,365 since Israel’s offensive began in October 2023.
- The Israeli military says it killed a suspected Hamas operative in Deir al-Balah, describing the target as planning an “imminent” attack and framing the strike as consistent with the ceasefire terms.
- The IDF also reported an engagement near Azzun in which soldiers fired after stones were thrown at a main road, saying one assailant was killed, while more than half of Gaza remains under Israeli military control beyond the “yellow line.”