{"id":46552,"date":"2026-02-05T12:35:38","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T20:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=46552"},"modified":"2026-02-05T12:35:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T20:35:39","slug":"where-is-the-ceasefire-israels-bombing-of-gaza-kills-23-mostly-women-and-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2026\/02\/05\/where-is-the-ceasefire-israels-bombing-of-gaza-kills-23-mostly-women-and-children\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Where Is the Ceasefire?\u2019: Israel\u2019s Bombing of Gaza Kills 23, Mostly Women and Children"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/media-library\/mourners-react-following-israeli-strike-at-al-shifa-hospital-in-gaza-city.jpg?id=63835863&amp;width=1200&amp;height=400&amp;quality=70&amp;coordinates=0%2C508%2C0%2C1236\" alt=\"Mourners React Following Israeli Strike At Al-Shifa Hospital In Gaza City\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Mourners react following the death of Palestinians killed by an Israeli strike at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, on February 4, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0(Photo by Majdi Fathi\/NurPhoto via Getty Images)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">It comes as nearly 20,000 Palestinians are being denied the ability to leave Gaza for medical treatment, in what activist Muhammad Shehada called \u201ca slow-motion massacre.\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/author\/stephen-prager\">Stephen Prager<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Feb 04, 2026 (CommonDreams.org)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Israeli bombings across&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/gaza\">Gaza<\/a>&nbsp;have&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/liveblog\/2026\/2\/4\/live-israeli-forces-kill-10-palestinians-in-overnight-attacks-across-gaza\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">killed<\/a>&nbsp;at least 23&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/palestinians\">Palestinians<\/a>&nbsp;since dawn on Wednesday, including at least two infants, according to hospital officials and other health authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhere is the ceasefire? Where are the mediators?\u201d&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/gaza-rafah-hamas-israel-war-2-4-2026-a3726ab659321430bf3ca73cae50936e?utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+New+Content+%28Feed%29&amp;utm_medium=trueAnthem&amp;utm_source=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">asked<\/a>&nbsp;Dr. Mohamed Abu Salmiya, director of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/gaza\">Gaza<\/a>&nbsp;City\u2019s Shifa Hospital, which received the bodies of 11 people\u2014mostly from the same family\u2014who were killed after Israeli soldiers fired upon a building in northern Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>RECOMMENDED&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/gaza-ceasefire-phase-2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/media-library\/israeli-attacks-continue-despite-the-ceasefire-in-gaza.jpg?id=62823577&amp;width=1200&amp;height=1200&amp;quality=70&amp;coordinates=833%2C0%2C834%2C0\" alt=\"Israeli attacks continue despite the ceasefire in Gaza\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/gaza-ceasefire-phase-2\">\u2018All Lies\u2019: Gazans Say There\u2019s No Ceasefire as Phase 2 Begins Amid Israeli Strikes<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/cbs-camerman-killed-gaza\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/media-library\/3-journalists-among-11-gazans-killed-in-israeli-attacks-amid-ceasefire-violations.jpg?id=63078693&amp;width=1200&amp;height=1200&amp;quality=70&amp;coordinates=833%2C0%2C834%2C0\" alt=\"3 journalists among 11 Gazans killed in Israeli attacks amid ceasefire violations\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/cbs-camerman-killed-gaza\">Will Bari Weiss Condemn Israel\u2019s Killing of CBS Contributor in Gaza?<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Israel said the attack was in retaliation after&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/hamas\">Hamas<\/a>&nbsp;militants fired at an Israeli soldier, badly wounding him. The&nbsp;<em>Associated Press&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/gaza-rafah-hamas-israel-war-2-4-2026-a3726ab659321430bf3ca73cae50936e?utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+New+Content+%28Feed%29&amp;utm_medium=trueAnthem&amp;utm_source=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reports<\/a>&nbsp;that among the Palestinians killed were \u201ctwo parents, their 10-day-old girl Wateen Khabbaz, her 5-month-old cousin, Mira Khabbaz, and the children\u2019s grandmother.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another attack on a tent in the southern city of Khan Younis killed three more people: Nasser Hospital, which received the bodies, said they included a 12-year-old boy. Another strike killed five more people, including a paramedic named Hussein Hassan Hussein al-Semieri, who was on duty at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A total of 38 Palestinians were wounded in the series of attacks, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ar\" dir=\"rtl\">\u0622\u062b\u0627\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0642\u0635\u0641 \u0627\u0644\u0625\u0633\u0631\u0627\u0626\u064a\u0644\u064a \u0644\u062e\u064a\u0645\u0629 \u0646\u0627\u0632\u062d\u064a\u0646 \u0641\u064a \u0645\u0646\u0637\u0642\u0629 \u0645\u0648\u0627\u0635\u064a \u062e\u0627\u0646 \u064a\u0648\u0646\u0633 \u062c\u0646\u0648\u0628\u064a \u0642\u0637\u0627\u0639 \u063a\u0632\u0629<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A9?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0627\u0644\u062c\u0632\u064a\u0631\u0629<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%B1%D9%82%D9%85%D9%8A?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0631\u0642\u0645\u064a<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DDQz1Sw4Jp\">pic.twitter.com\/DDQz1Sw4Jp<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u0627\u0644\u062c\u0632\u064a\u0631\u0629 \u0641\u0644\u0633\u0637\u064a\u0646 (@AJA_Palestine) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AJA_Palestine\/status\/2019029369323159844?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 4, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Since a \u201cceasefire\u201d agreement went into effect on October 10 last year, the Gaza Government Media Office&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/aje.news\/dlszwt?update=4288472\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">says<\/a>&nbsp;Israel has committed at least 1,520 violations, killing at least 556 people\u2014including 288&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/children\">children<\/a>, women, and elderly people\u2014and wounding 1,500 others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In comments to&nbsp;<em>Al Jazeera,&nbsp;<\/em>the Palestinian&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/human-rights\">human rights<\/a>&nbsp;advocate Muhammad Shehada&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/aje.news\/dlszwt?update=4288414\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>&nbsp;a ceasefire that is violated so consistently \u201cis no ceasefire at all\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAt most, [the deal] can be just described as some sort of mild diplomatic restraint,\u201d Shehada said. \u201cWhenever the world\u2019s attention is elsewhere, Israel escalates dramatically.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since its genocidal war in Gaza began in October 2023, nearly 72,000 Palestinians have been killed and 171,000 injured, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, whose figures the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/israel-defense-forces\">Israel Defense Forces<\/a>\u00a0(IDF) recently\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/idf-accepts-gaza-death-toll\" target=\"_blank\">conceded<\/a>\u00a0are accurate after more than two years of denial. Independent estimates\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/gaza-genocide-death-toll\" target=\"_blank\">suggest<\/a>\u00a0the true death toll is much higher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>X post:  <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ajplus\/status\/2019097608313061626?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2019097608313061626%7Ctwgr%5E3518ab005e88b6e482bda5342044eca656ca0e02%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.commondreams.org%2Fnews%2Fceasefire-israel-kills-23-gaza\">https:\/\/x.com\/ajplus\/status\/2019097608313061626?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2019097608313061626%7Ctwgr%5E3518ab005e88b6e482bda5342044eca656ca0e02%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.commondreams.org%2Fnews%2Fceasefire-israel-kills-23-gaza<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wednesday\u2019s onslaught came as Israel began to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/gaza-rafah-crossing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">slowly open<\/a>&nbsp;the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/rafah\">Rafah<\/a>&nbsp;crossing\u2014the main point of entry and exit from the strip\u2014for those in severe need of medical attention to leave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gaza\u2019s hospitals have been&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/aje.news\/dlszwt?update=4288328\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rendered largely inoperable<\/a>&nbsp;by two years of relentless bombing and a lengthy blockade on medical supplies entering the strip, which has left more than half the population without medical treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/world-health-organization\">World Health Organization<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ochaopt.org\/content\/gaza-humanitarian-response-situation-report-no-65\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>&nbsp;last week that 18,500 Palestinians are in need of medical treatment abroad, including hundreds in need of immediate treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Egyptian officials, 50 patients were expected to enter through the crossing each day. However, on Monday, just five Palestinians&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/aje.news\/dlszwt?update=4288328\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">were allowed<\/a>&nbsp;to leave Gaza for treatment, followed by 16 on Tuesday, according to&nbsp;<em>Al Jazeera<\/em>&nbsp;reporters on the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Around 4,000 of those awaiting treatment are children. According to health officials, one of them, 7-year-old Anwar al-Ashi,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ajplusenglish\/posts\/7-year-old-anwar-al-ashi-reportedly-died-of-kidney-failure-in-gaza-after-months-\/1322684929892481\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">died<\/a>&nbsp;of kidney failure on Wednesday while on a waitlist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, those attempting to cross have been met with treatment\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/liveblog\/2026\/2\/3\/live-israel-kills-palestinian-as-few-allowed-to-exit-gaza-for-medical-care?update=4284967\" target=\"_blank\">described<\/a>\u00a0as \u201chumiliating\u201d by reporters who witnessed it. Israeli troops have subjected patients to strip searches and interrogations\u2014some were blindfolded and had their hands tied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>X post:  <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DrHananAshrawi\/status\/2018993294613623272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2018993294613623272%7Ctwgr%5E3518ab005e88b6e482bda5342044eca656ca0e02%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.commondreams.org%2Fnews%2Fceasefire-israel-kills-23-gaza\">https:\/\/x.com\/DrHananAshrawi\/status\/2018993294613623272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2018993294613623272%7Ctwgr%5E3518ab005e88b6e482bda5342044eca656ca0e02%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.commondreams.org%2Fnews%2Fceasefire-israel-kills-23-gaza<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Rafah crossing continues to be a cruel and severely restricted \u2018passage\u2019 of pain and humiliation,\u201d said the Palestinian politician and activist Hana Ashrawi. \u201cThis continues to be a multifaceted war of aggression, based on the deliberate manipulation of the pain of a captive people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Salmiya said that at the rate Israel is allowing them to leave, \u201cit will take about five years on average for all patients to be discharged.\u201d He referred to Israel\u2019s actions as \u201ccrisis management, not a solution to the crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Tuesday,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/united-nations\">United Nations<\/a>&nbsp;Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/defies%20humanitarian%20principles,%20undermines%20fragile%20progress%20and%20worsens%20the%20suffering%20of%20civilians.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">called<\/a>&nbsp;for \u201cthe facilitation of rapid and unimpeded passage of humanitarian relief at scale\u2014including through the Rafah crossing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added that Israel\u2019s recent&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/israel-bans-aid-groups-from-gaza\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">suspension<\/a>&nbsp;of dozens of aid organizations\u2014including&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/israel-doctors-withour-borders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Doctors Without Borders<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/oxfam\">Oxfam<\/a>, and Save the Children\u2014defies humanitarian principles, undermines fragile progress, and worsens the suffering of civilians.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shehada,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/aje.news\/dlszwt?update=4288414\" target=\"_blank\">who said<\/a>\u00a0he and his family were eagerly awaiting the end of travel restrictions, told\u00a0<em>Al Jazeera\u00a0<\/em>that \u201cIsrael hollowed [it] out of any substance or meaning.\u201d Instead, he said, \u201cit\u2019s basically a slow-motion massacre.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our work is licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0). Feel free to republish and share widely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/author\/stephen-prager\">Stephen Prager<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stephen Prager is a staff writer for Common Dreams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/author\/stephen-prager\">Full Bio &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mourners react following the death of Palestinians killed by an Israeli strike at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, on February 4, 2026. \u00a0(Photo by Majdi Fathi\/NurPhoto via Getty Images) It comes as nearly 20,000 Palestinians are being denied the ability to leave Gaza for medical treatment, in what activist Muhammad&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2026\/02\/05\/where-is-the-ceasefire-israels-bombing-of-gaza-kills-23-mostly-women-and-children\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46552"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46552"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46553,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46552\/revisions\/46553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}