Overview
- Palestinian civil defence and health officials reported at least nine fatalities across northern and southern Gaza, including at a tent encampment near Jabalia, with some local tallies later rising to 11–12.
- The Israeli military said the strikes responded to a ceasefire breach in Beit Hanoun after armed men emerged from a tunnel east of the Yellow Line and took cover under debris.
- Gaza Civil Defence estimates roughly 8,000 bodies remain buried and more than 3,000 people are missing, with recovery hampered by demolitions, unexploded ordnance and restrictions on heavy equipment; UNEP estimates at least 61 million tonnes of rubble.
- Gaza’s health ministry says at least 600 people have been killed since the October ceasefire, as Israel and Hamas continue to accuse each other of repeated violations.
- Doctors Without Borders suspended some non-critical work at Nasser Hospital after reports of armed, masked men inside, and Israeli authorities have said they will terminate MSF operations in Gaza and the West Bank from March 1.