A Palestinian man carries the physique of Sham Abu Hadaiyd, who was killed in an Israeli strike on a tent in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026.
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DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Hospitals in Gaza stated Israeli strikes killed at the least 23 Palestinians Saturday, one of many highest tolls because the October ceasefire aimed toward stopping the combating.
A day after Israel accused Hamas of recent ceasefire violations, strikes hit places all through Gaza, together with deadly ones on an house constructing in Gaza Metropolis and a tent camp in Khan Younis, officers at hospitals that acquired the our bodies stated. The casualties included two girls and 6 kids from two totally different households. An airstrike additionally hit a police station in Gaza Metropolis, killing at the least 11 and wounding others, Shifa Hospital director Mohamed Abu Selmiya stated.
The sequence of strikes additionally got here a day earlier than the Rafah crossing alongside the border with Egypt is ready to open in Gaza’s southernmost metropolis. The entire territory’s border crossings have been closed all through virtually your entire struggle. Palestinians see Rafah as a lifeline for the tens of 1000’s in want of remedy exterior the territory, the place the vast majority of medical infrastructure has been destroyed.
The crossing’s opening, restricted at first, marks the primary main step within the second section of the U.S.-brokered ceasefire. Reopening borders is among the many difficult points on the agenda for the section now underway, which additionally embody demilitarizing the strip after almost twenty years of Hamas rule and putting in a brand new authorities to supervise reconstruction.
Nonetheless, Saturday’s strikes are a reminder that the demise toll in Gaza continues to be rising even because the ceasefire settlement inches ahead.
Nasser Hospital stated the strike on the tent camp brought about a fireplace to interrupt out, killing seven, together with a father, his three kids and three grandchildren. In the meantime, Shifa Hospital stated the Gaza Metropolis house constructing strike killed three kids, their aunt and grandmother on Saturday morning, whereas the strike on the police station killed at the least 11 — officers, together with 4 policewomen, and inmates held on the station. The Hamas-run Inside Ministry stated Palestinian civilians had been additionally killed within the strike.
Palestinians survey the injury to an house constructing after an Israeli navy strike killed a number of folks in Gaza Metropolis Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026.
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Hamas referred to as Saturday’s strikes “a renewed flagrant violation” and urged america and different mediating nations to push Israel to cease strikes.
A navy official, talking Saturday on the situation of anonymity consistent with protocol, couldn’t touch upon the precise targets, however stated Israel carried out in a single day and Saturday strikes in response to what the military stated had been ceasefire violations the day earlier than.
Israel’s navy, which has hit targets on either side of the ceasefire’s yellow line, has stated strikes since October have been in response to violations of the settlement. In an announcement Friday, the navy stated they killed three militants exiting a tunnel in an Israeli-controlled zone in Rafah.
Gaza’s Well being Ministry has recorded 509 Palestinians killed by Israeli hearth because the begin of the ceasefire on Oct. 10. The ministry, which is a part of the Hamas-led authorities, maintains detailed casualty information which are seen as typically dependable by U.N. companies and unbiased consultants.
