Overview
- Israeli outlets Yedioth Ahronoth, Kan and Ynet cited senior military briefings estimating roughly 70,000 Palestinians killed since October 2023.
- Gaza’s Health Ministry reports 71,667 dead and 171,343 injured, and says most of the dead are women and children.
- An IDF spokesperson said the published figures do not reflect official data and that any report would be issued through formal channels.
- Israeli airstrikes on Jan. 31 hit a police station in Gaza City, a residential apartment and tents sheltering displaced people in Khan Younis and Al-Mawasi, leaving at least 26 dead, according to local authorities and medics.
- Israeli sources said the attacks were in response to an alleged Hamas infiltration of eight armed men near Rafah; Hamas called the strikes a grave breach of the ceasefire, which has sharply reduced but not ended hostilities.