Israeli fire in Gaza continued through the day, with outlets reporting a death from earlier wounds, a shooting death in Jabalia, then two killed including a child in Nuseirat and Mawasi Rafah, rising to three dead by evening as the Health Ministry put the total at 74,016 and the journalist toll at 262.

The Central Elections Commission opened candidacy for the 2026 legislative elections with six lists filed on the first day, while Ultra Palestine and former Jordanian officials reported a Fatah Central Committee recommendation and a Palestinian Authority decision to postpone.

In the evening attention shifted to Khalil al-Hayya's first appearance as Hamas political bureau chief, saying the movement was ready to implement the roadmap immediately and in full, that he had met Americans several times, and urging Mahmoud Abbas to meet to arrange the Palestinian house, describing West Bank violence as paralleling Gaza.