- At least 32 people have been reported killed and dozens injured in an Israeli strike on a school sheltering displaced people in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza. The Israeli military has confirmed that its fighter jets targeted a UNRWA school in the area.
- Government Media Office spokesman Ismail al-Thawabta says Al Aqsa Hospital is currently at three times its clinical capacity as dead and wounded form strike on UNRWA school continue to arrive.
- A permanent end to the war on Gaza and full Israeli troop withdrawal is necessary for Hamas to agree to the latest ceasefire proposal, its leader says. Israel’s defence chief says there will not be a halt in fighting during negotiations.
- More than one million Palestinians in Gaza could experience the highest level of starvation by the middle of next month if hostilities continue, UN agencies warn.
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel is “prepared for a very intense operation” along its border with Lebanon where Israeli troops have exchanged near-daily fire with Hezbollah fighters for almost eight months.
- At least 36,586 people have been killed and 83,074 wounded in Israel’s war on Gaza since October 7. The death toll in Israel from Hamas’s attacks is at least 1,139 with dozens of people still held captive in Gaza.
Al-Aqsa Hospital overflows after school strike
