At least 12 people have been killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza, including children, Reuters reported, citing the Palestinian Health Ministry.
An apartment in Gaza City was hit. Another strike hit a tent in Khan Younis, further south.
According to health officials in Gaza, more than 500 people have been killed in Israeli strikes since a truce between the Palestinian group "Hamas" and Israel took effect in October 2025. Palestinian militants have killed four Israeli soldiers since the truce, according to Israeli officials.
On January 30, the Israeli military said its forces had identified eight gunmen emerging from a tunnel in Rafah, in southern Gaza. Three of them were killed and the fourth, whom the Israeli military described as a key Hamas commander in the area, was arrested.
The two sides have been exchanging blame for ceasefire violations, even as Washington has urged them to move to the next phases of a ceasefire agreement designed to end the war for good. The next phase of US President Donald Trump's plan involves complex issues such as the disarmament of Hamas, which the group has long rejected, the further withdrawal of Israel from Gaza and the deployment of international peacekeeping forces.
Gaza's main entrance, the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, which was largely closed during the war, is expected to reopen on Sunday, February 1.