A Palestinian man carries the body of a dead relative, who was killed in an Israeli strike on a tent in Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, January 31, 2026. (Photo via social media)

Israeli warplanes have carried out heavy strikes on tents housing displaced Palestinians in Khan Yunis, killing civilians and overwhelming local hospitals, in clear violation of the ceasefire agreement with the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas.

Medical and local sources said on Wednesday that Israeli fighter jets bombed displacement tents in al-Mawasi, west of Khan Yunis, twice within a short period, setting fire to shelters and killing people who had sought safety there. Hospitals in Gaza later confirmed that the death toll from attacks across the Gaza Strip had risen to 20.

Health officials said 13 of those killed were from the al-Tuffah and al-Zeitoun neighborhoods of Gaza City, where homes and streets came under fire.

Among the dead was a one-month-old infant, killed during the same wave of attacks that struck residential areas and civilian gatherings.

Eyewitnesses said the shelling focused on tents sheltering displaced families in Khan Yunis. Other strikes hit a house in al-Tuffah, east of Gaza City, and a street in the al-Zeitoun neighborhood, leaving additional people wounded and causing further destruction in already devastated districts.

Israeli helicopter fire was also reported in western Khan Yunis, expanding the assault in southern regions of the Gaza Strip.

The attacks unfolded as the Israeli regime continues to violate the ceasefire with Hamas which came to effect in October 2025.

Israeli attacks have continued across Gaza in recent days. In central areas, drones struck near a mourning house in the al-Nuseirat refugee camp, killing two civilians in a densely populated zone.

In the north, a Palestinian was killed in Halawa Camp in Jabaliya amid ongoing drone activity, gunfire, and military incursions.

In the south, medical staff at Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis also reported another fatality.

Palestinian health authorities say that since ceasefire, the Israeli regime`s forces have killed at least 527 Palestinians and injured 1,447 others in their attacks.

Since Israeli launched its genocidal assault on Gaza on October 7, 2023, Israeli attacks have killed more than 71,000 Palestinians and wounded over 171,000 others, most of them women and children, while destroying around 90 percent of Gaza`s infrastructure.