DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza, January 31, 2026 (AP).— Hospitals in Gaza They reported that today Saturday Israeli attacks killed 30 Palestiniansat least one of the highest figures since October 2025 came into force on cease-fire to stop the fighting.
Children from two families die in attacks in Gaza
One day after Israel accused Hamas of new violations of cease-firelos israeli attacks They reached areas throughout the Fringeincluding a residential building in the Gaza City and a tent in Jan Yunisreported officials from the hospitals that received the bodies.
Between the victims figuran two women and nine children from two different families.
Furthermore, a air raid hit a police station in the Gaza City with a balance of at least 14 dead and several injuredreported the director of Al Shifa Hospital, Mohamed Abu Selmiya.
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Smoke rises after an Israeli airstrike against the Ghaith camp, which houses displaced people, in the Al-Mawasi area, west of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on January 31, 2026. Photo: EFE
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A Palestinian carries the body of Sham Abu Hadaiyd, who was killed in an Israeli attack on a tent settlement in Khan Younis, Gaza, today, January 31, 2026. Photo: AP -
This and the following images are of the three girls, their grandmother and their aunt, members of the Palestinian Al Atbash family, who died in an Israeli airstrike in the early hours of today, January 31, in Gaza City. Their relatives took the bodies to Al Shifa Hospital. Photos from EFE -
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Attacks before the opening of the Rafah crossing
The wave of attacks occurred on the eve of the opening of the Rafah crossingthe southernmost city in the Fringein the border with Egypt.
All border crossings in the territory have remained closed since the beginning of the guerra.
The Palestinians see the crossing between Rafah and Egypt as a lifesaver for the tens of thousands of people who need treatment outside the territory, where IsraelHe has already destroyed most of the health infrastructure.
The opening of the passage, restricted at the beginning, is the first important step in the second stage of the cease-fire mediated by USA.
The reopening of the borders is one of the challenges of this phase, which also includes the demilitarization of the Gaza Strip After almost two decades of government Hamas and the establishment of a new executive to oversee the reconstruction.
Even so, Saturday’s attacks are a reminder that the death toll continues to risealthough the agreement of cease-fire advance slowly.
Tragic reports from hospitals in Gaza
He Hospital Nasser reported that Israel’s attack on the tent settlement caused a fire and killed 12 peopleincluding a father, his three children and three grandchildren.
Bodies were brought to al Shifa Hospital after an Israeli air strike killed 12 Palestinians, including seven members of the same family, despite the ceasefire in Gaza on January 31, 2026. The strike on Abbas Junction in western Gaza City caused severe damage to nearby buildings… pic.twitter.com/eYrFkEGMO7
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In turn, the Al Shifa Hospital pointed out that in today’s bombing Saturday morning at Gaza City He killed three girls, his aunt and his grandmotherand the missile that hit a police station killed at least 14 peoplebetween agents – four of them women –, civilians and detainees.
Furthermore, the hospital said that a man perished in another attack today Saturday on the eastern side of the Jabaliya refugee camp.
War Junta, not Peace Junta in Gaza
For his part, Hamas described today’s attacks as “a new flagrant violation” and urged USA and other countries that acted as mediators to pressure Israel to stop the bombings.
“All available indicators suggest that we are dealing with a ‘War Council’not one ‘Peace Board’“, he stated Bassem Naimand senior Hamas officialin a publication in X, questioning the legitimacy of the international organization proposed to govern Gaza amid the increase in victims.
He Israeli Armywhich has already launched missiles against targets on both sides of the yellow line included in the ceasefiremaintains that, since October 2025, its attacks respond to violations of the agreement.
In a statement, the Israeli army He said Saturday’s attacks followed what he described as violations of the cease-fire the day before, when he killed at least four insurgents who were coming out of a tunnel in an area controlled by Israel in Rafah.
The death toll reported today, Saturday, was several times higher than the daily average since the start of the crisis. ceasefire on October 10, 2025.
Until yesterday Friday, the Gaza Ministry of Health had registered at least 520 Palestinians killed by Israeli fire since the beginning of the truce.
The ministry, which is part of the government led by the insurgent group Hamashas detailed victim records that are often considered reliable by law enforcement agencies. United Nations and independent experts.
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