{"id":17501,"date":"2026-01-31T12:37:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T12:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=17501"},"modified":"2026-01-31T12:37:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T12:37:30","slug":"israeli-airstrikes-on-gaza-kill-at-least-30-with-death-toll-expected-to-rise-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=17501","title":{"rendered":"Israeli airstrikes on Gaza kill at least 30, with death toll expected to rise | Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Israel has carried out some of its deadliest airstrikes on Gaza in months, killing at least 30 Palestinians, some of whom were sheltering in tent cities for displaced people.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Despite a nominal ceasefire, the Israeli military struck a police station in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood west of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/gaza\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Gaza<\/a> City on Saturday, killing 10 officers and detainees, the civil defence said, who indicated the death toll could rise as emergency responders searched for bodies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Another strike hit an apartment in Gaza City, killing three children and two women, while seven more people were killed when Israel bombed tents in Khan Younis in southern Gaza.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cWe found my three little nieces in the street. They say \u2018ceasefire\u2019 and all. What did those children do? What did we do?\u201d Samer al-Atbash, an uncle of the three children killed in Gaza City, told Reuters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The Israeli military said the attacks were carried out in response to an incident on Friday, where eight armed men came out of a tunnel in Rafah, southern Gaza. The area is still under Israeli military control under the terms of the October ceasefire.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"0c98fc62-c633-41ea-9967-231d10ccb5a2\" data-spacefinder-role=\"richLink\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement\" class=\"dcr-47fhrn\"><gu-island name=\"RichLinkComponent\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"idle\" props=\"{&quot;richLinkIndex&quot;:5,&quot;element&quot;:{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement&quot;,&quot;prefix&quot;:&quot;Related: &quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Israel accepts health authorities\u2019 Gaza death toll is broadly accurate, saying 70,000 have died&quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;0c98fc62-c633-41ea-9967-231d10ccb5a2&quot;,&quot;role&quot;:&quot;richLink&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/jan\/30\/israel-military-gaza-death-toll-broadly-accurate&quot;},&quot;ajaxUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/api.nextgen.guardianapps.co.uk&quot;,&quot;format&quot;:{&quot;design&quot;:0,&quot;display&quot;:0,&quot;theme&quot;:0}}\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The strikes came a day before a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/jan\/25\/israel-launches-large-scale-operation-to-find-last-gaza-hostage\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">border crossing is expected to open<\/a> in Gaza\u2019s southernmost city, a reminder that the death toll is still rising even as a ceasefire agreement inches forward.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">All of the territory\u2019s border crossings have been closed since the start of the war, and Palestinians see the Rafah crossing with Egypt as a lifeline for the tens of thousands in need of treatment outside the territory because most of its medical infrastructure has been destroyed by Israeli bombardment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Israel wants to ensure that more Palestinians leave Gaza than enter it, according to Reuters, which said Israel is aiming to allow only 150 Palestinians into Gaza through Rafah each day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Shifa hospital said Israel\u2019s strike on Gaza City killed a mother, three children and one of their relatives on Saturday morning, while Nasser hospital in Khan Younis said a strike in a tent camp caused a fire, killing seven, including a father, his three children and three grandchildren.<\/p>\n<p><gu-island name=\"InteractiveBlockComponent\" priority=\"critical\" deferuntil=\"idle\" props=\"{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/interactive.guim.co.uk\/datawrapper\/embed\/fHqTl\/1\/&quot;,&quot;scriptUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/interactive.guim.co.uk\/embed\/iframe-wrapper\/0.1\/boot.js&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Gaza deaths graphic&quot;,&quot;format&quot;:{&quot;design&quot;:0,&quot;display&quot;:0,&quot;theme&quot;:0},&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;39090c15-aa4b-404e-9d58-7eeac3683d1e&quot;,&quot;isMainMedia&quot;:false}\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\"><\/p>\n<figure id=\"39090c15-aa4b-404e-9d58-7eeac3683d1e\" class=\"element element-interactive element--inline element-inline dcr-kibrkr\" data-alt=\"Gaza deaths graphic\" data-testid=\"interactive-element-Gaza%20deaths%20graphic\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\"><a data-name=\"placeholder\" href=\"https:\/\/interactive.guim.co.uk\/datawrapper\/embed\/fHqTl\/1\/\" class=\"dcr-1eupayo\">Gaza deaths graphic<\/a><\/figure>\n<p><\/gu-island><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Gaza\u2019s health ministry has recorded more than 500 Palestinians killed by Israeli fire since the start of the ceasefire on 10 October.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Israel\u2019s military did not immediately respond to questions about the strikes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Despite Israel\u2019s frequent killing of Palestinians in violation of the October ceasefire, the deal has moved to a crucial second phase. Some of the thorniest issues are contained in the second phase, which would require Hamas to disarm and hand over power to a President Donald Trump-appointed Board of Peace organisation staffed by his appointees.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"f7409593-3e0f-4a5d-b84a-5580b667e4f8\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.ImageBlockElement\" class=\"dcr-173mewl\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-fd61eq\"><span class=\"dcr-1inf02i\"><svg width=\"18\" height=\"13\" viewbox=\"0 0 18 13\"><path d=\"M18 3.5v8l-1.5 1.5h-15l-1.5-1.5v-8l1.5-1.5h3.5l2-2h4l2 2h3.5l1.5 1.5zm-9 7.5c1.9 0 3.5-1.6 3.5-3.5s-1.6-3.5-3.5-3.5-3.5 1.6-3.5 3.5 1.6 3.5 3.5 3.5z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">Palestinians inspect damage to a tent hit by an Israeli strike in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on 31 January.<\/span> Photograph: Abdel Kareem Hana\/AP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">A recent presentation in Davos by Trump\u2019s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, who is also involved in Trump\u2019s Gaza project, showed the Trump administration\u2019s plan for \u201cdeveloping Gaza\u201d, complete with sleek skyscrapers and corniches overlooking the Mediterranean.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Most of Gaza has been levelled and basic infrastructure remains inoperable as a result of Israeli bombing over the past two years, which has also killed more than 70,000 Palestinians. Last year, a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/sep\/16\/israel-committed-genocide-in-gaza-says-un-inquiry\" data-link-name=\"in body link\"> UN commission of inquiry found that Israel had committed a genocide in Gaza<\/a>.<strong> <\/strong><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>#Israeli #airstrikes #Gaza #kill #death #toll #expected #rise #Gaza<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israel has carried out some of&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17502,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17501"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17501\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}