A UN commission of inquiry released a report accusing Israel of deliberately shooting and killing Palestinian children and committing genocide. According to Israel National News, the report states that Israeli authorities intentionally committed acts causing death and serious harm to hundreds of thousands of Palestinian children, noting that these killings continued after the ceasefire in Gaza last October. The report concludes that these acts form part of a deliberate strategy to destroy the future of Palestinians in Gaza by targeting their children. UN Commission Chair Srinivasan Muralidhar stated that doctors reported children admitted with gunshot wounds specifically targeted at the head and neck.

Israel rejected the report. According to Israel National News, Israel's Foreign Ministry firmly rejected the findings, while a post on Bluesky described the report as a "libelous sham."

In domestic news, a panel of scientific experts from the U.S. Census Bureau, dissolved by the Trump administration earlier this year, is reestablishing itself without official endorsement or formal connection to the statistical agency. According to InternewsCast, the reestablished group was formerly the Census Scientific Advisory Committee and has been rebranded with "Independent" as a prefix. No Census Bureau staffers will be involved directly or indirectly during the reestablished group's Thursday conference. Barbara Entwisle, committee chair, stated she is uncertain whether their scientific guidance will be received by the Census Bureau.

Meanwhile, an Economist/YouGov Poll reported that 37% of Americans approve and 56% disapprove of Donald Trump's job handling, resulting in a net approval of -18. According to YouGov, the last time Trump's net job approval was higher than -15 was September 2025. The poll also indicated Trump's net approval for handling crime is -4, while his net approval for handling the situation in Iran is -20.