Headline Roundup • February 4th, 2026
Israel Continues Strikes in Gaza as Future Remains Murky
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Israeli Continues Strikes in Gaza as Future Remains Murky
Israel has carried out multiple strikes across the Gaza Strip on Saturday and Wednesday, leaving upwards of 50 victims dead, according to multiple reports.
Israeli Strikes: The Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry said strikes on Wednesday killed at least 24 Palestinians, including two babies. Israel said the strikes that killed three militant leaders were in response to a Hamas attack that left an Israeli soldier wounded, according to Associated Press (Left bias). BBC (Center) reported that an attack on Saturday left 32 dead and that "Palestinians have described these strikes as the heaviest since the second phase of the ceasefire." Israel said strikes on Saturday were also in response to Hamas violating the ceasefire agreement on January 30.
Hamas Violence: Fox News (Right) reported on an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) claim that Hamas misused ambulances, hospitals, and schools in militarized efforts to regain control of the northern Gaza Strip.
Rafah Border Partially Reopens: The Rafah crossing, which allows passage between Gaza and Egypt, is the only crossing into the region that isn't shared with Israel, according to Fox. Egyptian and Israeli authorities will only allow a small number of people to travel through the passage each day and said that commercial goods will not be allowed.
Israel Bans MSF: Israel announced that the humanitarian aid organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and a few other non-governmental organizations will be banned from working in Gaza because they failed to hand over staff lists in compliance with Israel's effort to prevent "the infiltration of terrorist operatives into humanitarian structures." MSF said it could not share the names of its Palestinian and international staff as Israel had not provided "assurances to ensure the safety of our staff."
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Israeli strikes pounded Gaza on Wednesday, killing at least 24 Palestinians, including two babies, according to health officials in the territory, where a fragile ceasefire has come under increasing strain. Israel said it killed three militant leaders and others who posed a threat to its forces, and that some strikes came in response to a Hamas attack that seriously wounded one of its soldiers.
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Gaza's Rafah border crossing with Egypt resumed limited operations Monday under the terms of the Israeli-Hamas ceasefire agreement, reopening a critical gateway that had been largely closed for nearly two years.
The reopening comes with tight restrictions. Only a small number of people will be permitted to travel in either direction and commercial goods will not be allowed to pass through the crossing, officials said.
Egyptian authorities said the first day of operations will allow up to 50 Palestinians to cross in each direction, a figure that reflects the narrow...
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Israel says it will ban Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) from working in Gaza after the medical charity refused to hand over a list of its staff in the territory.
The Israeli government had ordered 37 organisations to submit documents about their local and international workers in Gaza, claiming some in MSF had links to armed groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad. The charity has vehemently denied this.
MSF announced on Friday that it would not share a list of its Palestinian and international staff with Israeli authorities as it had not...
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