Hamas announced the deaths of the head of the government follow-up committee, the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Justice, as well as a number of other unspecified officials in today's Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip.

Palestinian sources report that 6 people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a car on the road between Absan al-Sighira, and the Bani Suheila district of Khan Younis City, in southern Gaza.

Russian forces recently advanced in the Toretsk direction and made progress in the vicinity of the Avdiivka - Kostyantynivka highway for the first time in nearly a year.

Russian forces advanced from positions west of the village of Novobakhmutivka, advancing through an open field, and captured a Ukrainian trench stronghold at the intersection of two treelines.

Additionally, Russian forces advanced along the highway, capturing two more treelines. These positions, plus the trench stronghold, are all situated on the tactical heights.

+ ~1.55km² in favour of Russia.

According to updated figures from Gaza’s ministry of health, 412 people have been killed, and over 500 others wounded in Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip over the past 10 hours.

In western Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Russian forces continued their assault operations, and have made further progress, capturing three new villages.

In the east, Russian forces advanced from their positions in the first houses of the village of Shcherbaky, and moved along the three main streets of the settlement, completing its capture. Additionally, Russian forces advanced from their positions in central Mali Shcherbaky, and captured the northernmost street of the village which was previously in the grey-zone, therefore completing the capture of this village too.

Meanwhile, further west, Russian forces advanced from their positions in the eastern houses of the village of Stepove. They moved west along Travnya 9th Street, capturing the houses there which make up the main part of the settlement. They then moved to the small cluster of houses at the intersection with the highway, capturing them too, therefore completing the capture of Stepove. Russian forces also captured 6 treelines south of Stepove which were previously in the grey-zone.

+ ~8.96km² in favour of Russia.

Palestinian sources report that 1 person was killed after an Israeli quadcopter drone dropped an explosive on the Salah al-din road south of Gaza City.

Locals reported that 6 Russian Geran-2 drones struck the same target in Cherkasy city, with at least 10 explosions reported.

1 impact was caught on video.

Palestinian sources report that 3 people were killed and 2 others wounded after an Israeli airstrike targeted the vicinity of the Al-Rantisi hospital in the Rimal district of Gaza City.