Overview
- Gaza’s Health Ministry reported on Wednesday that Israeli fire has killed roughly 1,005–1,008 Palestinians since the U.S.-brokered ceasefire that began last October.
- Near-daily strikes, shelling and recent drone attacks have continued across the strip, with medics saying a vehicle strike in Gaza City killed three people in the latest incident.
- Mediators from Egypt, Qatar, Turkey and U.S. envoy Nickolay Mladenov have met and circulated a revised road map, but talks remain deadlocked over Hamas disarmament and Israeli withdrawals.
- United Nations agencies and aid groups say Israeli forces now control about 60–64 percent of Gaza, leaving most of the population crowded into a small coastal area and hospitals largely damaged or nonfunctional.
- The rising post-ceasefire death toll and persistent territorial control complicate reconstruction, block large-scale aid delivery and increase the risk of further displacement and civilian harm if the second phase is not implemented.