Overview
- The Gaza Health Ministry reported on Sunday that the cumulative death toll since the October 2023 outbreak of fighting has reached 73,001 and that more than 173,200 people have been wounded.
- Israeli strikes and gunfire have continued despite the October 2025 ceasefire, with recent incidents killing people in Jabalia, Khan Younis, Nuseirat and Gaza City, according to local medics and health officials.
- The U.S.‑brokered truce halted large‑scale operations and secured the return of hostages but stalled on key measures because Hamas has refused full disarmament and Israeli forces have not fully withdrawn.
- Mediators from Egypt, Qatar and Turkey and U.S. envoy Nikolay Mladenov are holding talks in Cairo, and sources say Hamas accepted most items in a proposed blueprint but rejected the disarmament demand, producing the current impasse.
- Humanitarian conditions remain dire: nearly 1,000 Palestinians have been killed since the truce, aid deliveries and crossings stay constrained, and repeated displacements and damaged infrastructure are blocking recovery and reconstruction.