More than 50 martyrs in Gaza and growing fears of famine. World Health Organization confirmed that the Nasser Medical Complex had been out of service.

In Rafah in the south, Al Jazeera's correspondent said that Israeli gunboats bombed the city's coast. This coincided with statements by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in which he renewed his insistence on launching a ground operation in Rafah. In Jabalia camp in the northern Gaza Strip, Muhammad Nassar told Agence France-Presse, “We will not die from bombs, but from hunger”