• Al Jazeera journalist Ismail al-Ghoul freed after 12 hours in Israeli custody, after being Israeli forces severely beat and detained him during raid on Gaza City’s al-Shifa Hospital earlier today.
  • UN says it “stands against” harassment of journalists after al-Ghoul’s arrest, as rights group Committee to Protect Journalists calls indicent “deliberate attempt” to cover up Israeli assault on al-Shifa Hospital.
  • UN chief Antonio Guterres says a new report warning that famine is now imminent in northern Gaza is an “appalling indictment” of the situation on the ground.
  • At least 31,726 Palestinians have been killed and 73,792 injured in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7. The revised death toll in Israel from Hamas’s October 7 attack stands at 1,139 with dozens taken captive.