Wednesday, February 4, 2026 – The Gaza Strip
General
‣ Over the past 24 hours:
◦ 21 killed, 38 injured.
‣ Since October 11, 2025:
◦ 550 killed;
◦ 1,500 injured;
◦ 717 bodies recovered.
‣ Since October 7, 2023 – 71,824 killed, 171,608 injured.
‣ 23 persons killed since dawn, including a 5-month-old baby, a paramedic, women and children.
General
1. An Israeli reserves officer was badly injured by gunfire in the Yellow Line area, in northern Gaza Strip. The Israeli army spokesman announced that the army is responding with airstrikes and tank fire.
2. The Red Crescent reports that the departure of the third group of sick and wounded, which began this morning its preparations for evacuation from the Gaza Strip through the Rafah crossing, has been canceled by the Israeli army.
3. Residents returning to the Gaza Strip through Rafah crossing speak of interrogations, intimidation, extortion and insults, including on women and children.
4. Another 9 detainees were released from Israeli detention facilities and transferred by the Red Cross to Al Aqsa Hospital at Deir al-Balah.
5. 54 Gazan bodies and 66 remains, all held in Israel, were transferred to the Gaza Strip by the Red Cross under the ceasefire agreement.
Northern Strip
1. Jabalia refugee camp – 2 injured by drone attack on a displaced persons camp.
Gaza City
1. East:
‣ Al Tuffah:
◦ Artillery fire shortly after midnight and intermittently throughout the day;
◦ Drones firing at residents' homes on Jaffa Street;
◦ Tank fire at an apartment building, 4 members of a single family killed, several injured.
‣ Residential buildings blown up with explosives.
2. West:
‣ Al Shati refugee camp – bombing of a group of people, one killed, several others injured.
3. City Center:
‣ Drones flying low over Al Daraj;
‣ Massive shooting on 10th Street, 3 killed including a 5-month-old baby.
Central Strip
1. Al Bureij refugee camp:
‣ Intermittent artillery fire throughout the day;
‣ Drone attacks east of the camp morning and afternoon.
2. Deir al-Balah – a drone bombs a displaced persons tent on Abu Arif Street, 3 killed, several injured.
Khan Yunis District
1. East:
‣ Intermittent artillery fire throughout the day;
2. South:
‣ Artillery fire at displaced persons camp west of the Yellow Line, 2 killed, several injured.
3. West:
‣ Helicopter fire at displaced persons camp in Al Mawasi, 2 killed and 8 injured. Then, helicopters attack the first responders. A paramedic killed, several other residents injured;
‣ Artillery fire at noon.
Rafah District
1. Demolition of residential buildings.
2. City beach shelled from the sea.
3. A pharmacist woman at a Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) Hospital injured by gunshots at the hospital premises.
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



