Israeli attacks on Gaza kill 21 in one of deadliest days since ‘ceasefire’
A mourner carries the body of a Palestinian infant killed by an Israeli strike, al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, 4 February 2026
Al Jazeera reports on 4 February 2026:
Israel has killed at least 21 Palestinians in attacks across the Gaza Strip in one of the deadliest days since an October “ceasefire” began, according to medical sources. The sources told Al Jazeera several children were among the casualties on Wednesday.
At least 14 people were killed in Israeli shelling on the Tuffah and Zeitoun neighbourhoods of Gaza City. Another four were reported dead in an attack on tents sheltering displaced people in the Qizan Abu Rashwan area, south of Khan Younis, in southern Gaza.
An additional two people were killed by Israeli air attacks on the al-Mawasi coastal tent camp. The Palestine Red Crescent Society said one of the victims was one of its paramedics.
Reporting from Khan Younis, Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum said a number of residential homes in Gaza City “have been squarely targeted without any prior warning”. Abu Azzoum said the attacks, occurring despite a United States-brokered “ceasefire” supposedly being in place, have 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.”
Israel’s military said its armoured units and aircraft conducted attacks in northern Gaza after a reserve officer came under fire and was severely injured. It said the officer was evacuated to hospital after the incident, which took place “during routine operational activity” near the “yellow line” that demarcates 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.