Israeli attacks on Gaza kill 18 in one of deadliest days since ‘ceasefire’

al Jazeera:

Israeli attacks on Gaza kill 18 in one of deadliest days since ‘ceasefire’

The Rafah restrictions come as Israel kills at least 18 Palestinians, including two children, in attacks across Gaza

Amani Abu Talha and her six children arrive at Nasser Medical Complex after 40 Palestinians were allowed into Gaza from Egypt following the long-awaited reopening of the Rafah border crossing in Khan Younis early on Wednesday [Jehad Alshrafi / AP]

By Al Jazeera staff
Published On 4 Feb 2026


Israel has killed at least 18 Palestinians in attacks across Gaza – one of the deadliest days since the October “ceasefire” – as the evacuation of Palestinian patients and wounded via the Rafah crossing was suspended for Wednesday.

Israel has killed 529 Palestinians since the US-brokered ceasefire. At least 71,803 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks since the war began on October 7, 2023. Rights groups and a United Nations inquiry dubbed Israeli military actions a genocide. A case of genocide against Israel is under way at the International Court of Justice.

Reporting from Khan Younis, Al Jazeera’s Abu Azzoum said the attacks, despite the so-called “ceasefire” supposedly in place, had left Palestinians in Gaza “without any sense of respite”.

“There has been a surge in Israel’s military activities across Gaza in the past few hours,” he said.

“We can hear the … sound of Israeli drones hovering overhead, giving a sign of further potential attacks that might take place.”

Among the casualties were a number of children, medical sources said on Wednesday.

The dead included 14 people killed by Israeli shelling in northern Gaza, an Al Jazeera team on the ground reported.

In further attacks in the south of the Strip, at least four people were killed in Israeli shelling of displaced people’s tents in the Qizan Abu Rashwan area, south of Khan Younis, an Al Jazeera team reported, citing medical sources.

Despite the US-brokered “ceasefire” between Israel and Hamas that came into effect in October, Israel has continued to kill hundreds of Palestinians across the Strip.

Amid the latest attacks, Israel’s military said its armoured units and aircraft had conducted strikes in northern Gaza after a reserve officer came under fire, severely injuring him.

It said the injured officer had been evacuated to hospital after the incident, which took place “during routine operational activity” near the so-called “yellow line” demarcating areas under Israeli military control.

Abu Azzoum said Israel was moving the location of the “yellow line” in eastern Gaza, causing anxiety for residents there.

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The shailok EVIL continues unabated, with Wankees and Europe in complicity