Overview
- A senior Israeli security official put Gaza’s war dead at roughly 70,000, saying the total broadly aligns with the Gaza health ministry’s 71,667 figure.
- Gaza’s health ministry reported 26 people killed and more than 30 injured by Israeli strikes on Saturday, after earlier reports cited over 20 deaths since morning.
- Palestinian media said an apartment strike in western Gaza killed four people, including two children.
- Officials say verification of the cumulative toll continues and the share of militants versus civilians remains unknown, as Gaza’s records list identities for most bodies but do not classify combatants.
- Gaza authorities report at least 440 hunger-related deaths, a claim Israel disputes, while a U.S. envoy referenced a second-phase plan involving a technocratic transition and Hamas disarmament.