Smoke rises from the Gath shelter, housing displaced Palestinians, after an Israeli air strike in the west of Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip on January 31, 2026. (Photo by Bashar Taleb / AFP)
Gaza City, Palestinian Territories: Israeli air strikes killed 11 people in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, according to the territory's ministry of health, including people sheltering in a tent in the south.
Munir al-Barsh, the general director of the ministry, which operates under Hamas authority, told AFP that 11 people were killed and 20 more were wounded "as a result of strikes carried out by the occupation targeting civilians in a tent and an apartment".
Barsh said the wounded arrived at hospitals in Gaza City in the north and Khan Yunis in the south.
Israel "continues its serious violations of the ceasefire agreement amid a severe shortage of medical supplies, medicines and medical equipment", Barsh added.
A US-brokered ceasefire in place since October progressed into its second phase in January, which is supposed to include Hamas's disarmament, a gradual Israeli withdrawal and the deployment of an international stabilisation force.
Gaza's government press office said Saturday that the strike on the tent in the south killed seven members of one displaced family, including a child and an elderly person.
According to the health ministry, 509 people have been killed since the ceasefire took effect on October 10.
