Sunday, February 1, 2026 – The Gaza Strip
General
‣ Over the past 24 hours:
◦ 26 killed and 68 wounded.
‣ Since October 11, 2025:
◦ 523 killed;
◦ 1,443 injured;
◦ 715 bodies recovered.
‣ Since October 7, 2023 - 71,795 killed and 171,551 injured.
General
1. Rafah crossing opened this morning in both directions, but there is great confusion about the terms and procedures that should allow the passage.
2. Israel orders Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) to cease its activities in the Gaza Strip by February 28, 2026. As a reminder, the organization refused to submit for Israel's approval the list of names of its activists in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, as long as Israel does not guarantee the safety of these activists.
Northern Strip
1. Jabalia refugee camp and town:
‣ Demonstration protesting to the international community’s disregard for the refugee camp and displaced persons living there whose homes were destroyed.
‣ Shooting from military vehicles east of the refugee camp.
Gaza City
1. North:
‣ Dozens of bodies temporarily buried in the “Tunnel Area” were recovered, in preparation for their transfer to permanent burial in cemeteries.
2. East:
‣ Heavy shooting after midnight.
‣ Al Tuffah - Houses demolished by detonating a booby-trapped APC.
3. West:
‣ Shelling from the sea on the north-west of the city.
Central Strip
Khan Yunis District
1. East:
‣ Heavy shooting in the evening.
Rafah District
1. Artillery and tank fire north-west of the city, one killed.
2. Demolition of residential buildings using explosives.
Sources
Addameer, Al Jazeera, Amar Assadi Telegram, BBC, Colonization & Wall Resistance Commission, Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, DCI - Palestine, Democracy Now, Genocide in Gaza, Haaretz, HRANA - Human Rights Activists News Agency, IDF (Israel Defence Forces), International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Jordan Valley Activists, Letters of American healthcare workers who worked in Gaza, Local Call, Looking the Occupation in the Eye, Masafering (Outside the Herd), Matan Golan, Middle East Eye, Ministry of Public Health – Gaza, Ministry of Public Health - Lebanon, OCHA Lebanon, OCHA OPT, Palestine Datasets, Palestine Red Crescent Society, Palestinian Health Ministry, Quds News, Reuters, Rosa News, South Hebron Mountain Activists, Ta'ayush, Tasnim News Agency, Tech for Palestine, The Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), The Washington Post, UNICEF, Wafa News Agency, West Bank Notifications, WHO, yNet, Zirat War
