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Israeli strikes kill over 30 in Gaza, health ministry says, in deadliest day in months

ByNews Center

Feb 1, 2026 #day, #deadliest, #Gaza, #Health, #Israeli, #kill, #ministry, #months, #strikes

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Israeli strikes across Gaza killed at the very least 31 folks on Saturday, in accordance with the Palestinian Ministry of Health, the very best day’s loss of life toll in over two months.

The reported toll consists of six kids, the ministry mentioned, whereas an additional 30 folks have been injured, together with some in important situation.

The newest deaths come regardless of a ceasefire that went into impact in mid-October and pushed the variety of Palestinians killed in Gaza because the ceasefire to greater than 500.

About 1 / 4 of the our bodies recovered comprised kids, and a 3rd have been ladies, Mahmoud Basal, a spokesperson for Gaza’s Civil Defense, an emergency response group, mentioned.

An aged man and 4 feminine cops have been additionally among the many lifeless.
Some folks have been trapped underneath the rubble as Israeli strikes focused shelters, tents for displaced folks, residential residences and a police station, the spokesperson, Basal, mentioned.

The director of Al-Shifa Hospital, the biggest medical advanced in Gaza, Dr. Mohammad Abu Salmiya advised NCS that the variety of lifeless is predicted to rise as a result of quantity of critically injured folks arriving at hospitals.

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The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) mentioned the strikes have been launched in opposition to Hamas and Islamic Jihad targets throughout the Gaza Strip in response to “the violation of the ceasefire agreement yesterday (Friday), in which eight terrorists were identified exiting the underground terror infrastructure in eastern Rafah.” The IDF mentioned Friday it had killed three of the militants and captured one.

The IDF has continued to hold out common strikes in Gaza because the ceasefire went into impact, accusing Hamas of violating the phrases of the settlement.

Samer Al-Atbash, a relative of these killed in a strike on Saturday, mentioned, “We woke up at 4 a.m. suddenly to find that they (the Israeli military) struck three girls, my aunt who is an old lady and her daughter. She was a guest at our house. All my three nieces were then on the street.”

“Truce, truce, what’s our fault, what is our children’s faults. I don’t know what we did. These three children beloved by God, what they did do, I don’t know.”

Israeli acknowledgement

The deaths come day after native media reported that the Israeli navy had acknowledged in a briefing to Israeli journalists that roughly 70,000 Palestinians have been killed through the struggle in Gaza and that the figures from the health ministry in the enclave are largely correct.

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