The Day of the Khan Younis Tent Massacre

The day opened with reports of a scabies outbreak in Israeli prisons and mosquitoes spreading disease among displaced Gazans, but the focus quickly shifted to a massacre in Khan Younis where an Israeli strike targeted tents of displaced people, killing a woman and a child and wounding 20. This was framed as a ceasefire violation by multiple sources. Throughout the day, editors highlighted the 70% reduction in aid trucks and an 80% cut in food aid by World Central Kitchen due to funding crisis. In the afternoon, Netanyahu ordered accelerated attacks on Lebanon, with strikes expanding to the Bekaa Valley, and a soldier was killed by a Hezbollah drone. A US-Israeli plan to replace Jordanian custodianship of Al-Aqsa with Israeli administration was revealed. Trump's push for Arab normalization with Israel tied to an Iran deal remained a secondary theme.