Early reports described artillery fire northwest of Gaza City killing a woman and wounding her family, followed by a vehicle strike and hits on three houses in Gaza City and Khan Younis. The reported toll climbed through the day from four to eight, including two women and a child, with dozens wounded, while Israel said it had killed a Hamas commander. Health authorities put the cumulative toll at 74,254, extending the pattern of deadly violations tracked since the anniversary.

Cairo consultations produced a parallel political track, with outlets citing agreement among Fatah, Hamas, Islamic Jihad and the Popular Front to postpone November legislative elections for a year pending an official decree. Fatah tied any delay to general consensus, with dialogue to continue next week, after Israel refused the election commission entry to Gaza and Jerusalem.