Sunday, February 1, 2026 – The Gaza Strip

‣ 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.

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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

1. Al Bureij refugee camp - Shooting in the east of the camp.

2. Drones attack a group of people north of Wadi Gaza, one killed.

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.

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Sources: Addameer, Al Jazeera, Amar Assadi Telegram, Colonization & Wall Resistance Commission, Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, DCI - Palestine, Democracy Now, Genocide in Gaza, Haaretz, IDF (Israel Defence Forces), HRANA-Human Rights Activists News Agency, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, The Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), Jordan Valley Activists (Media groups), Letters of American healthcare workers who worked in Gaza, Local Call, OCHA OPT, Looking the Occupation in the Eye, Masafering (Outside the Herd), Middle East Eye, Ministry of Public Health – Gaza, Ministry of Public Health - Lebanon, Palestinian Health Ministry, Palestine Datasets, Palestine Red Crescent Society, Quds News, South Hebron Mountain Activists (Media groups), Ta’ayush, Tasnim News Agency, Tech for Palestine, UNICEF, Wafa News Agency, The Washington Post, WHO, yNet, Zirat War.