In the past 24 hours, Gaza’s Health Ministry reported 5 killed and 5 injured arriving at hospitals. Despite the ceasefire, Israeli forces opened fire, shelled with artillery, and carried out airstrikes against civilians across Gaza governorates. **Northern Gaza:** A Palestinian man was killed by Israeli occupation fire on Monday evening in the town of Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip, in what was described as a new violation of the ceasefire agreement. **In Gaza City:** A helicopter strike targeted a displaced persons’ tent near the Holy Family School in the Al-Nasr neighborhood, west of Gaza City. Israel has just carried out a terrorist strike on an apartment building in western Gaza City, around Suwaidi al-Nasr killing at least two people and critically injuring four others. West of Gaza City - The Israeli carried out strikes with helicopters and warplanes targeting a tent sheltering displaced people near the Holy Family School in the vicinity of the church in Gaza City. A strike was also reported behind Mahdi Hospital and several along Nasr Street. Martyrs and wounded are reported. Southeast of Gaza City: Before the airstrikes in the last 20 minutes, heavy tank and crane fire was reported east and reaching western Zaytoun and Sabra and Tuffah. Elsewhere - Several airstrikes targeted Rafah a few hours ago. extensive reports of low-flying warplanes continue to roll in. **Names of the martyrs:** The three people killed in the strike on a residential apartment west of Gaza City are: 1- Ibrahim Farid Al-Za’anin 2- Ahmad Sweilem 3- Atiya Shabat in Beit Lahia: 4. Nabil Mohammad Ahmad Rahhal, 54

On February 7, 2023, The Civil defense carried a search operations for the bodies of Palestinians under the rubble, reportedly at the Salem family house, on 2nd Street next to the heavily damaged Sheikh Radwan Government Health Center, Sheikh Radwan, Gaza City, Northern Gaza. According to Aiwars, shortly before 7:43 AM on Monday, December 11th 2023, a series of alleged Israeli airstrikes hit six homes belonging to the extended Salem family in Sheikh Radwan, killing at least 102 civilians. Airwars was able to identify 104 named victims (102 fatalities, and two others injured), though some local reports put the death toll at 200 civilians. In December 2023, there was no ability to rescue those trapped under the rubble, no cars transporting the martyrs and the injured. A family relative Ramy salem wrote: “107 martyrs so far and still missing under the rubble?” Another family relative, Ahmad Salem, alleged that the death toll was higher – according to him, about 130 members of his family were killed, including his uncles and aunts, and their children. A Facebook user Ana Safaa estimated that the number of the victims killed was even higher, up to 200, writing that “a large number of the family were martyred, approximately 200 martyrs, and a large number are also seriously injured.”

Since the night, IDF began a campaign of massive destruction of remaining buildings by targeting them with airstrikes. Gaza’s Health Ministry reported 2 killed and 25 injured arriving at hospitals. **Southern Gaza:** At around 1:00 a.m. local time, an Israeli airstrike hit a building reportedly belonging to the Abu Hatab family, geolocated between Bilal Mosque and Omar Ibn al-Khattab Mosque in Khan Younis (31.345550, 34.296777). No one was injured in the attack. Five Palestinians were injured after Israeli tanks opened fire on displaced persons’ tents in the Al-Maslakh and Al-Barraq Al-Janoubi areas, south of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. This occurred during Israeli ground movements east of Khan Younis; the wounded were transferred to Nasser Hospital, with injuries described as moderate. **Gaza City:** In Al-Zaytun neighborhood, east of Gaza City, a massive missile strike completely destroyed an entire residential building in a densely populated civilian area. Weapons analyst Trevor Ball (@Easybakeovensz) identified the weapon as an MK-84 2,000-pound bomb fitted with a JDAM kit. He noted that Bellingcat recently questioned the IDF over evacuation distances in Gaza, which are significantly shorter than those included in notices in Lebanon. In this case, residents were instructed to evacuate 100 meters, while 500 meters is typically cited in Lebanon and exceeds several safety standards for a 2,000-lb bomb, including U.S. Marine Corps “danger close” guidelines. [Video Source:](https://instagram.com/p/DUa1greiEkt/) Article: [https://bellingcat.com/news/2026/02/04/made-in-the-usa-how-american-built-weapons-have-wrought-destruction-in-gaza/](https://bellingcat.com/news/2026/02/04/made-in-the-usa-how-american-built-weapons-have-wrought-destruction-in-gaza/)). Anadolu Agency reported that the targeted building was completely destroyed and that adjacent homes suffered blast damage, with residents stating that surrounding buildings were not included in the evacuation order. **Northern Gaza:** In Beit Lahia, northern Gaza, an Israeli strike killed a Palestinian civilian identified as Nabil Muhammad Ahmad al-Rahal (54), according to reporting citing WAFA, despite the ceasefire being in effect. **Evacuation order (released February 6, 2026 – approx. 1:51 p.m.):** English translation of the @AvichayAdraee evacuation order: Urgent ‼️ Immediate warning to residents of the Al-Zaytun neighborhood, specifically at the intersection of Umm al-Moun Street and Al-Muʿamadani Al-Bariyya Street, in the building marked in red and those in its vicinity. ⭕️ The Israel Defense Forces will attack the building in the near timeframe due to the presence of Hamas terrorist infrastructure inside it or nearby. ⭕️ For your safety, you are required to evacuate the building immediately and move at least 100 meters away. IMEMC reported that the strike on the building occurred after the evacuation order was issued, and that the structure was destroyed shortly afterward. **Broader context of ceasefire violations:** Since the ceasefire on October 11, 2025: Total killed: 576; Total injured: 1,543; Bodies recovered from the rubble: 717. This brings the recorded death toll from the Israeli assault on Gaza to 72,027 killed and 171,651 injured (figures based on Gaza Health Ministry data cited by WAFA and IMEMC). **Names of the martyrs:** - Mahmoud Salah Abu Rukba - Ahmad Imran al-Qanu’ - Nabil Muhammad Ahmad al-Rahal (54)

On February 5, 2026, a 16-year-old Palestinian boy was shot in the back by live fire after Israeli forces stormed the town of Beita, south of Nablus, according to local and medical sources. According to Eid Ahmed, director of the Red Crescent Emergency and Ambulance Center in Nablus, Israeli soldiers prevented ambulances from reaching the wounded teenager and continued holding him, while coordination efforts were underway with the Red Cross to secure his transfer for treatment. Eyewitnesses reported that troops fired live ammunition and tear gas at residents during the raid.

On February 4, 2026, Israeli forces carried out a series of air and artillery attacks on multiple locations in Gaza, including Gaza City, Khan Younis, Deir al-Balah and other areas of the strip. Health officials in Gaza reported that at least 20–24 Palestinians were killed, including including tree babie among 6 children, women, including a femal doctor, and a paramedic, with dozens more wounded. The Israeli military said it had fired on Gaza after a gunman shot at Israeli soldiers and seriously wounded an officer. According to the IDF, troops of the Alexandroni Brigade came under fire from multiple gunmen during operations on the Israeli side of the Yellow Line, which splits the Strip between areas controlled by Israel and Hamas. In response, tanks opened fire, and airstrikes were carried out in the area, in eastern Gaza City. **Gaza City:** Saqr Hammad Al-Khabbaz, his wife Farah Hamadeh, and her mother Asma Hamadeh, along with their infant daughter Wateen (5 days old), and his niece, the little girl Mira Raad Hammad Al-Khabbaz (5 months old), were killed in an Israeli strike that targeted tents of displaced persons in the al-Tuffah neighborhood, east of Gaza City. The baby’s name was Mira al-Khabbaz.The shrapnel tore a gaping hole in Watin’s head. Watin was killed alongside her father, mother, grandmother, and her five-month-old cousin. A female doctor, Dr. Intisar Shamlakh, from the Shamlakh family in the Al-Tuffah neighborhood,was shot dead by the Isreli forces, who targeted Shawa Square in the Al-Tuffah neighborhood late on Tuesday night. This was accompanied by violent artillery shelling and heavy heavy machine gun fire targeting the outskirts of the Shujaiya and Al-Tuffah neighborhoods, east of the city. The outskirts of the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, located within what is known as the Yellow Line”, were also subjected to similar targeting. One of the attacks led to fire in citizens' homes east of the city. Israeli forces killed three civilians, including a child, in artillery shelling that targeted tents sheltering displaced people on Yaffa Street, in al-Mahatta Park, in the Al-Tuffah neighborhood. Al-Shifa Hospital received the bodies of two women and a young girl. Haboush family were massacred, including two children, and the martyrs were: Rital (13 years old), Youssef (40 years old), Ahmed (22 years old), and Bilal (16 years old), as a result of artillery shelling that targeted a residential building in the Al-Tuffah neighborhood, which resulted in Also, a number of injuries occurred at the scene. Four martyrs from the Haboush family in the Al-Tuffah neighborhood due to intense artillery shelling. Geolocation of the building that was shelled by Israeli military tanks on Al-Hajar Street ~ 31.510750, 34.473460. In another attack on the neighborhood, four citizens were massacred as a result of violent Israeli bombing. Israeli forces killed 3 Palestinians in an artillery strike east of the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City, on Street 10; including a five-month-old baby. They are from the Salmi, Al-Hutto, and Ayad families. The martyrs were: Ali Salmi (60 years old), Basina Muhammad Ayyad (55 years old), and the child Saqr Al-Hato (5 months old) Red Crescent Society paramedic Hussein Al-Sumairi was also martyred, along with two citizens, while others were injured, as a result of an Israeli targeting of Street No. 5 in the city. The Red Crescent Society said that Al-Sumairi rose while performing his humanitarian work. **Southern Gaza:** Israeli forces killed two civilians in an artillery strike on tents housing displaced people in Qizan Rashwan, south of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip. In another massacre, three martyrs were killed: Mahmoud Al-Ras (21 years old), Suleiman Abu Sitta (28 years old), and his child Farid (12 years old), as a result of an air strike that targeted a tent housing displaced people in the Mawasi area of the city of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society reported that two people, including a paramedic, were killed and twelve others were injured in shelling that struck the area around Street 5 in the al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis, in southern Gaza. The injured were transferred to the Red Crescent field hospital in al-Mawasi. Medical sources later clarified that the toll subsequently rose to three dead. According to local sources, the victims were reported after an Israeli helicopter struck a tent housing displaced persons in al-Mawasi. While ambulance teams were attempting to evacuate the wounded, an Israeli drone reportedly targeted the rescue team. Nasser Hospital received the body of the martyred child Eyad Ahmed Naeem Al-Rubaiaa (3 years old), who was killed when Israeli warboats shelled the tents of displaced persons in the Al-Iqlimi area, south of Mawasi, Khan Yunis. **Names of the martyrs:** Palestinians killed by the Israeli army in last night’s shelling of the Gaza Strip: 1. Rital Mahmoud Habboush (13 years old) 2. Yousef Mohammad Habboush (40 years old) 3. Ahmed Talat Habboush (22 years old) 4. Bilal Ashraf Habboush (16 years old) 5. Ali Ahmad Salmi (60 years old) 6. Basina Mohammad Ayad (55 years old) 7. Infant Saqr Badr Al-Hato (5 months old) 8. Farid Abu Sitta (12 years old) 9. Mahmoud Ayman Al-Rass (21 years old) 10. Suleiman Abu Sitta (28 years old) 11. Mira Raad Hammad Al-Khabbaz (6 months old) 12. Wateen Al-Khabaz (5 days old) 13. Saqr Hammad Al-Khabbaz, (father of Wateen) 14. Farah Hamadeh, (mother of Wateen) 15. Asma Hamadeh (Mother of Farah, grand-mother of Mira and Wateen) 16. Hussein Al-Sumairi (Paramedic on duty) 17. Dr. Intisar Shamlakh 18. Eyad Ahmed Naeem Al-Rubaiaa (3 years old)

**Central Gaza** in al-Nuseirat refugee camp (mourning under fire): The Israeli airstrikes targeted a condolence house for the Abu al-Rous family in al-Nuseirat, followed by additional strikes on nearby homes, including the Shamiyya family residence adjacent to the mourning tent. Martyrs and wounded, including children, were reported as ambulances rushed casualties to Al-Awda Hospital. This was not a single strike but a patterned targeting of a civilian mourning space. **North Gaza** in Jabalia: Palestinian sources report a martyr shot by an Israeli quadcopter fire east of Jabalia camp. Separately, the Israeli army announced the killing of four Palestinian youths near the “yellow line”, alleging they posed a threat a claim made without independent verification, in an area where civilian movement is routinely met with lethal fire. **Gaza City | Tel al-Hawa:** The Civil Defense confirmed the death of Amer (Amir) al-Dhadouh (18) after multiple failed rescue attempts when he fell into a pit near the University College. His body was recovered and transferred to Al-Shifa Medical Complex, highlighting the secondary toll of destruction on basic safety and rescue capacity. **Urban destruction:** The Israeli forces continued demolishing homes along al-Fajam Street near Salah al-Din Street, extending the pattern of forced erasure.

The residents of the Khalayel Bedouin encampment south of the village of al-Mughayyir, east of Ramallah, were displaced two years ago from the nearby Ein Samiya area in Kafr Malik village following pressure and repeated attacks by Israeli forces and illegal settlers, who later pursued them to their current location. Illegal settler attacks have intensified after Israel launched its genocidal war on Gaza in October 2023 and have continued nearly daily with the aim of forcing residents to leave. They coordonate with Israeli forces an ongoing campaign of intimidation against Abu Hamam family. They are allowed to graze sheep on Palestinian land, destroy olive trees, steal water, aided by the army. Same settler repeatedly damages neighbors’ fences to allow livestock destruction. On February 1, 2026, the Israeli State admits that the purpose of the military order is “expelling Bedouin people who illegally occupy the area”, revealing a demographic objective in Area B (under Palestinian Authority civilian control). ### **Timeline of the events:** **On May 3, 2025:** Armed Israeli settlers obstructed three Palestinian journalists and an activist while they were documenting ongoing Israeli attacks in the area. The local activist Rabee Abu Naeem was intercepted along with journalists Mohammad Turkman, Karim Khmayseh, and Ahmad Al-Khati by settlers who got out of an ATV while they were filming settlers dismantling tents nearby. The setlers tried to forcibly take the car keys and prevent them from leaving the area. They also attempted to seize the phone used for filming and issued death threats, warning them not to return. According to MANA Center, the two Israeli settlers "*detained a group of journalists in the town of Al-Mughayyir, obstructing their work and threatening to kill or slaughter them if they returned.Freelance journalist MOHAMMAD TURKMAN reported to the MADA Center that he, along with journalist AHMAD AL-KHATIB, KAREEM KHAMAISAH (reporter for Al-Irsal Network), and a local citizen, were in Al-Mughayyir near Ramallah at approximately 4:00PM Saturday to prepare a report on the repeated Israeli incursions into the town. After finishing their report, they learned of the demolition of two tents on the town’s outskirts by Israeli forces and headed to cover the event. They were surprised by a young settler, no older than 15, herding sheep, who immediately called the settlement’s security guard. As the journalists attempted to leave, two settlers arrived—one armed with an automatic rifle. The journalists, who were in a civilian vehicle (not marked as press), were stopped. The settlers questioned their identities and activities. Despite presenting local and international press credentials, the settlers screamed, threatened to summon the police, and held the journalists for about 15 minutes. During the detention, the settlers threatened to shoot and slaughter them, yelling: “Whoever comes here, we will slaughter him” while hurling curses. They were released with a clear threat of death if they returned."* **On May 9, 2025:** Israeli settlers, accompanied by the soldiers, storm the residents' tents in the Al-Khalaya area of Al-Mughayyir village. **On May 15, 2025**, On Thursday, in the occupied West Bank, Israeli soldiers shot a 15-year-old Palestinian boy and abducted a woman. The violence began when settlers, accompanied by Israeli forces, targeted the home of Rezeq Abu Naim. As residents attempted to defend the property, the boy was shot in the abdomen, and Fatima Abu Naim, a local resident, was taken by the military. The attackers also physically assaulted another Palestinian woman. Following the incident, larger groups of settlers gathered on a nearby hill, raising concerns about a wider assault **On December 7, 2025**, Eight masked Israeli settlers attacked the Abu Hamam (Abu Naim) family home in al-Khalayel, al-Mughayyir, East Ramallah. They injured Riziq Abu Naim (13), Fadda Abu Naim (59), and four international activists (UK, France, Colombia-US). The settlers demanded the family leave within two days or face their homes being burned and their lives threatened. Israeli soldiers present, blocked ambulances and medics, and allowed settlers to attack freely. [More on this event](https://genocide.live/event/2440) **On December 8, 2025**, Israeli forces and settlers continued attacks on Palestinian farmers and shepherds in al-Khalayel, stealing barns and tents. **On December 10–11, 2025**, a French peace activist was deliberately run over by a teenage settler. Settlers pointed rifles loaded with live ammunition at activists. Israeli forces declared the area a closed military zone, kidnapped two foreign activists (American and Australian), and ordered all solidarity activists to evacuate within one hour under threat of arrest. **On December 12, 2025**, Israeli forces arrest US activists Irene Cho and Trudi Frost at the Abu Hamam property in al‑Khalayel. A month-long military area order had been served covering land around the property. **On December 18, 2025**, Israel deports US activists Irene Cho and Trudi Frost after one week in jail challenging their arrests. Several military raids continue as forces search for solidarity activists. **On December 21, 2025**, Israeli forces threaten to demolish Abu Hamam family house if internationals continue staying there. International activists are chased by armed settlers nearby to intimidate them. **On December 30, 2025**, Israeli forces surround, detain, and handcuff three international activists in al‑Khalayel at Abu Hamam home. They are held for hours at a military base before transfer to a police station. These arrests occur amidst ongoing settler harassment (grazing livestock on Palestinian land, stealing water, destroying olive groves).Israeli forces surround, handcuff, and detain three international activists. These events follow the earlier settler attacks (Dec 7) on the Abu Naim family. **On January 16, 2026**, Israeli forces raid Abu Hamam family home in al‑Khalayel, they arrest three US activists and one Irish activist after a settler trespasses on family land. During the raid, 14-year-old Muhammad Saad Sami Naasan is shot and killed in front of al‑Mughayyir mosque, right after prayer. Two of the activists are later released with a West Bank ban; the US and Irish citizen face deportation hearings at Ben Gurion. Israeli forces confiscated the Security cameras. Residents and internationals forbidden from eating during the three-hour raid. Activists were charged under false accusations: assault of a minor, public disorder, attempted injury to an animal, and use of poison. In the same days of operation, settlers opened fire near the property, a Palestinian young man with special needs assaulted by Israeli forces, the Al-Badr Tiles Company were attacked, and cameras confiscated. [More on this event](https://genocide.live/event/2501) **On January 18, 2026**, Israel deports Irish and US activists after arresting four internationals at the Abu Hamam residence during a settler incursion. **On February 1, 2026**, Israeli military issues a one-day closed military zone order in al‑Khalayel without allowing residents to remain on their land, the Israeli army ordered residents of a Bedouin community in the central West Bank to evacuate. The encampment’s 11 families reject the order, fearing illegal settlers would move in. They also detained three foreign activists. Two French citizens, Momo and Camille, are arrested at the Abu Najeh home. During the deportation hearing, the Israeli State admits that the purpose of the military order is “expelling Bedouin people who illegally occupy the area”, revealing a demographic objective in Area B (under Palestinian Authority civilian control). **On February 5, 2026**, the French citizens appeal the deportation order. The Abu Najeh family refuses to leave their home despite ongoing intimidation. **On February 20-21, 2026**, facing continuing assaults by Israeli forces and settlers, 11 Palestinian families (≈ 55 people) begin dismantling their homes and relocate due to persistent attacks and restrictions. **Broader context:** List of settlements and outposts near Al-Mugghayyir: 1998: Adei Ad -> Early outpost linked to settler pressure near Rast Ramallah region 2015:Malachi HaShalom -> Core outpost affecting al‑Mughayyir and Duma 2020: Rashash Farm -> Expansion of Malachi HaShalom presence 2023: Rosh HaTe’ina -> Continued expansion of farm outposts 2023: (July) Tent outpost near al‑Qaboun -> Informal site east of al‑Mughayyir Feb 2025: Jebe’it Pastoral Outpost -> New site on al‑Mughayyir land May 25, 2025: al‑Qala’ Outpost -> Pastoral outpost established May–June 2025: Tent outpost near village -> Another informal site near al‑Mughayyir

Re-opening of the Rafah Crossing | announcements versus reality: The National Committee for the Administration of Gaza reiterated the start of the “experimental operation” of Rafah in both directions, limited to humanitarian cases (patients, students, family reunification). This administrative language unfolded alongside airstrikes, drone fire, and condolence houses being bombed, exposing the gap between paperwork and lived reality under israeli occupation. ## **Timeline of the events:** **On February 2, 2026,** the Rafah border crossing — Gaza’s only border point with Egypt not controlled by Israel before the genocide — was reopened in a limited capacity after nearly two years of closure during the ongoing siege and genocide in Gaza. The move is presented as a key step in phase two of a U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement, supposedly intended to ease isolation and allow limited movement of people. In reality, it functions as a new tool of ethnic cleansing and an enforcement mechanism of genocide, carried out with the complicity of the United States and the international community, including EU observers. Rafah is Gaza’s main gateway to the outside world that does not pass through Israel. It has remained largely closed since its capture by Israeli forces in May 2024. Its limited reopening is framed as enabling medical evacuations, travel abroad, and family reunifications, particularly for Palestinians stranded by war and blockade. **Who can cross — and how** Movement remains extremely restricted. Only a small number of Palestinians are permitted to cross each day — up to 150 toward Egypt, primarily patients and wounded individuals, and only on foot. All movement is subject to security screenings and intelligence vetting, coordinated between Israel, Egypt, and international observers. Priority is reportedly given to critically ill patients, with ambulances and Egyptian hospitals on standby. Despite the catastrophic humanitarian situation, marked by more than two years of siege and manufactured starvation, goods and humanitarian aid are not allowed through Rafah as part of this reopening. The process focuses on people, not supplies. Stringent Israeli security conditions — including prior approvals and joint screening — severely limit access, leading critics to describe the reopening as a pilot phase rather than a genuine restoration of movement. **Broader context** The reopening takes place within the framework of the Trump-brokered Gaza ceasefire plan, which established the “Yellow Line” as a temporary internal Israeli military demarcation. It is also tied to broader negotiations on Gaza governance and discussions around Hamas disarmament. In practice, Rafah functions as a controlled checkpoint, not a sovereign border. Israel controls the surrounding territory on both the Gaza and Egyptian sides, having leveled large areas to create buffer zones, military installations, and surveillance corridors. Most Palestinians remain trapped, while the reopening creates only the illusion of limited freedom of movement. **Timeline of the events** **On February 2,** 2026, only five patients out of 450 in critical condition were allowed to leave Gaza, according to Dr. Mohammed Abu Salmiya, director of Al-Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza City. We were informed that today only five patients will be allowed to exit with two companions through the Rafah crossing,” he said. Health authorities report that at least 1,268 people have died while waiting for medical evacuation since the crossing was closed. In total, around 20,000 patients, including 4,500 children, urgently require treatment outside Gaza. The Rafah crossing has reopened under EU supervision (EUBAM), but movement remains tightly controlled. Palestinians returning from Egypt face hours-long delays and cannot enter Gaza directly. Israel has established a military checkpoint — the “Regavim corridor” — outside the crossing, where Israeli security forces screen identities, verify intelligence-approved lists, and search belongings. Only after passing both Rafah and Israeli military screening are individuals permitted to enter the besieged enclave. **On February 3**: The National Committee for the Administration of Gaza reiterated the start of the “experimental operation” of Rafah in both directions, limited to humanitarian cases (patients, students, family reunification). This administrative language unfolded alongside airstrikes, drone fire, and condolence houses being bombed, exposing the gap between paperwork and lived reality under israeli occupation. *Al Haq statement on X (February 3, 2026)* "The alleged “opening” of the #Rafah crossing must be understood as a component of Israel’s ongoing genocide in #Gaza: despite claims of humanitarian access, only 5 critically ill Palestinians were allowed to leave Gaza through Rafah (@WHO)& only 12 were allowed to return. Gaza’s Ministry of Health reports that approximately 20,000 Palestinians require medical evacuation, inc. 440 critical cases. They estimate it would take years to evacuate them if the crossing continues to operate at this rate & 10 critically ill people will die every day. Even if the reported 50 patients/day, only on foot, were permitted by Israel to evacuate, it would still take 400 days to evacuate all those currently in need of medical attention. Through bombardment, siege & the destruction of civilian infrastructure, Israel has caused mass injury & illness in Gaza while deliberately dismantling the healthcare system needed to treat both the wounded & those with critical conditions, inc. cancer & dialysis patients. Taken together, Israel has caused mass injury and illness through its ongoing genocide, destroyed the medical system capable of treating those affected, and then severely restricted access to urgent medical care outside Gaza. Destruction of Gaza’s healthcare system & attacks on infrastructure as Palestinians endure winter in tents, constitutes the deliberate infliction of conditions of life calculated to bring about physical destruction & serious bodily & mental harm (Art. II, Genocide Convention). At the same time, return is deliberately obstructed. Those who leave for life-saving treatment risk permanent displacement, while those blocked from leaving are left to die. These measures perpetuate the genocidal conditions of life and forcible transfer in an ongoing Nakba." **The Israeli occupation forces issued the following directives for people returning to Gaza:** "Each person is allowed entry with one personal bag containing only clothing and personal documents. Each person is allowed to bring in up to 2000 NIS in cash (~$600), provided they submit a declaration 24 hours in advance. Liquids (including water, deodorant, creams, and similar items) are not allowed. Only one personal mobile phone is allowed; no other electronic devices are permitted. Cigarettes are not permitted" **Testimonies of the returnees to Gaza On February 3,** returnees to Gaza described severe abuse at the Rafah crossing, particularly against women and children, including prolonged detention, humiliation, harsh interrogations, and confiscation of personal belongings. Witnesses said the treatment aimed to intimidate returnees and deter them from going back to Gaza, worsening the suffering of those already affected by war and displacement. Two women, Sabah and Rotana Al-Raqab, testified to being beaten, restrained, threatened, and handed over to the Israeli army, with one accusing a local group of falsely claiming to protect civilians while cooperating with Israeli forces. Returnees also reported that most buses were turned back at the crossing, with only one allowed to enter Gaza. Despite describing the experience as *“a piece of hell’s torment,” *they emphasized that returning to their homeland remains their only choice. **On February 5,** L'OHCHR published a report "Patterns of ill-treatment and coercion reported among Palestinians returning to Gaza" confirming that for a third day, Palestinians returning to Gaza via the reopened Rafah crossing reported abuse and humiliation by Israeli forces. Accounts given to the UN Human Rights Office describe being detained by armed Palestinians allegedly backed by Israel, subjected to handcuffing, blindfolding, threats, theft, and then violent interrogations and invasive searches at Israeli checkpoints. Returnees also reported denial of medical care and bathroom access, coercive offers of money to leave Gaza permanently or act as informants, and treatment amounting to torture or degrading abuse. The UN warned this pattern may violate international law, discourage Palestinians’ right to return, and contribute to the ethnic cleansing of Gaza. **On February 6**, reports indicates that only 36 medical cases from Gaza were allowed to travel by the Rafah Crossing since the re-opening of the border. **On February 7,** The director of al-Tahrir Hospital at the Nasser Medical Complex warned that the health situation in Gaza has reached a catastrophic stage. Vital hospital departments face suspension due to destroyed equipment and severe shortages of fuel and oxygen. More than 21,000 patients are waiting to travel for treatment. The lack of cancer medications is directly leading to patient deaths. Israeli authorities continue preventing the entry of medical supplies and restricting international organisations. **@Hakeam_ps testimony on February 7, 2026** *"Rafah crossing is no longer just a crossing — it has become a corridor of humiliation for leaving an open prison called Gaza. A prison not only restricted by borders — but overflowing with destruction, blood, systematic oppression, deliberate injustice, and deprivation managed as daily policy. Leaving it is not survival… but a test of dignity. Staying in it is not a choice… but a continuous punishment. Gaza today is not only besieged… it is being punished. Passing through it or returning to it is no longer a matter of procedure or timing but a harsh experience imposed on you entirely — where you are treated as a suspect and your dignity is tested step by step — simply because you are Gazan… for no other reason."* **On February 8, 2026**, after full closure, Israel only allowed 11 patients— out of the 50 permitted per day out of more than 20,000 left to— to depart towards the Rafah Crossing that hasn't truly opened. **On February 10, 2026**, The seventh batch of patients and wounded people is set to leave the Gaza Strip via the Rafah crossing to receive urgent treatment abroad.

Around 11 a.m., on January 31, 2026, Israeli warplanes fired two missiles at al-Sheikh Redwan Police Station, near Bahloul Petrol Station in al-Naser neighborhood, Gaza City. The police station had been partially repaired following the ceasefire and had resumed operations. As a result of the attack, 15 people were killed, including six civilians who were inside the station at the time and nine Palestinian police officers, among them four female officers, while others sustained injuries of varying severity This attack demonstrates Israel’s deliberate intent to extend the cycle of killing to include civilian officers and service users, in the complete absence of any clashes. The martyrs of female members of the Palestinian police who were martyred in the bombing of Sheikh Radwan Police Station are: 1- Najoud Yousef Al-Abd Al-Madhoun « Umm Ibrahim », Director of Women's Affairs at the Center 2- Nafisa Al-Arabid 3- Sarah Al-Khatib 4- Sondos Al-Quqa The other victims: 5- Police lieutenant Riyad Nafiz Al-Dalu « Abu Wasim » 6- Rami Al-Mubayyed « Abu Musab » 7- Osama Tayseer Shreim 8- Major Muhammad Mustafa Kaloob « Abu Siraj »

On January 31, 2026, at approximately 05:30, Israeli warplanes attacked a tent sheltering displaced Palestinians in Asda’a City, northwest of al-Mawasi, Khan Younis, southern Gaza. The attack set the tent and its surroundings on fire, killing seven displaced members of the Abu Hadayed family, including three children, a woman, and an elderly man, while others sustained serious injuries. One of the victims’ relatives, Hussam Mohammed Harb Abu Hadayed, told PCHR field researchers that the tent caught fire within moments, burning and tearing the bodies apart, in a scene that reflects the extreme level of violence used against people who have nothing but fragile tents, considered their last refuge. **Names of the martyrs:** 1- Hajj Rabhi Hammad Muhammad Abu Hudayid (69); his sons: 2- Mohammed Abu Hadayed (36), 3- Hazem Abu Hadayed(39), 4- Hajar Abu Hadayed(27); his grandchildren: 5- Laya Mohammed Rebhi Abu Hadayed (5), 6- Sham Hazem Rebhi Abu Hadayed (7), 7- Jibril Rebhi Abu Hadayed(8) **Testimony of the Palestinian writer Mosab Abu Toha:** *"Very heartbroken to learn more details as I was doing the family tree of the Abu Hadayid family which was massacred at 4:30 AM today in their tent in Khan Younis. While Mohammad, 37, was killed along with his little daughter, Liya, I was struck to learn that his wife, Maryam, and their child Mohammad were killed in July 2025.H is entire family is now wiped out. Yes, Israel’s terrorism will keep chasing you until you are killed with your entire family.* *I have just learnt that after killing Mohammad and his daughter Liya, his entire family is now wiped out. Note: Mohammad’s wife and son were killed in July 2025."*