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At least 32 dead in Gaza from Israeli raids. Tajani: "Italy willing to send Carabinieri to Rafah"

The raids hit the north and south of the Strip, including a flat in Gaza City and a tent in Khan Younis, according to officials from Nasser and Shifa hospitals

31 January 2026

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I partecipanti al funerale trasportano una salma durante i funerali dei palestinesi che, secondo i medici, sono stati uccisi da un attacco israeliano, all'ospedale Nasser di Khan Younis, nella Striscia di Gaza meridionale, il 31 gennaio 2026. REUTERS/Ramadan Abed

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The Palestinian death toll rises to 32 in the Israeli bombings on 31 January in the Gaza Strip. This was stated by the Gaza civil defence - controlled by Hamas - quoted by the Times of Israel. The updated toll comes after first responders finished recovering bodies from the site of a police station in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood of Gaza City, which was hit by Israel this morning, the civil defence agency said.

Israeli raids

The attacks, which came a day after Israel accused Hamas of new ceasefire violations, hit several locations: an apartment building in Gaza City, a tent city in the Khan Younis area, and a police station also in Gaza City.

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Among the latest attacks was one against a Hamas police headquarters in a Gaza City neighbourhood, in which 13 people were killed, including at least seven members of the Hamas internal security forces, according to Palestinian agencies Sanad and Safa.

Earlier, seven people were reported killed, all members of the same displaced family sheltering in a tent in southern Gaza. Others were killed in an attack near a school of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, Urnwa, in Naser, a neighbourhood of Gaza City. And five more people, including two children, were killed in another attack in the city.

Save the Children: 'Worst raid since October'

"The reports coming in today of more children being killed by Israeli forces unfortunately point to the beginning of a new wave of violence in Gaza. In the last 24 hours, in fact, the intensity of the raids has been the most severe we have witnessed since October. While we wait for the Rafah crossing to be reopened, we must keep a close eye on the suffering that continues to affect the inhabitants of Gaza and do all we can to ensure that children do not continue to pay more than others for the burden of this unending violence". This is the comment of Shurouq, Multimedia Manager of Save the Children in Gaza, after the new escalation of violence.

Tajani: "Italy willing to send carabinieri also to Rafah"

On the negotiating front, in view of the second phase of Donald Trump's peace plan, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said that 'there are positive signs at the moment, we hope that phase 2 will begin: Italy in that context has given ample willingness to cooperate, as in the West Bank. Let us see how the contacts between the parties will proceed'. The minister also confirmed Italy's readiness for security in the area: "Italy is willing to provide Carabinieri instructors to train the Gaza police: train them in Jordan, or if needed also in Egypt. There is willingness to send Carabinieri also to the Rafah Crossing. In addition, we are willing to increase the presence of the Carabinieri who are training the West Bank police. We hope that the peace process will be unblocked'.

Rafah reopening nears, Egypt calls for restraint

Egypt urged all parties to exercise 'the utmost restraint' in view of the reopening of the Rafah crossing and condemned 'in the strongest terms' the latest Israeli attacks on Gaza. Cairo "calls on all parties to fully assume their responsibilities at this delicate stage" and to "avoid any action that could jeopardise the ongoing process", the Foreign Ministry said in a note. The reopening of the crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt is expected tomorrow by Israel.

Hamas, Israel flagrant violation, US urges stop attacks

"A new flashing violation". This is how Hamas described today's Israeli attacks on Gaza, which resulted in deaths and injuries, and urged the United States and other mediating countries to urge Israel to cease its attacks. For its part, the Israeli army explained on Telegram the attack on four members of Hamas and Islamic Jihad in Gaza as a response to the violation of the ceasefire, when eight militants broke out of an underground tunnel in eastern Rafah. The statement read that the army also targeted a Hamas weapons depot, a weapons production site and two launching sites in the central Gaza Strip.

Hamas, it's Board of War, not Peace

On the negotiating front with the United States, Hamas also expressed strong misgivings. "All available indicators suggest that we are dealing with a Board of War, not a Peace Board." This was stated by Bassem Naim, a senior Hamas official, in a post on X, questioning the legitimacy of the international body proposed by the US administration to govern Gaza, just over a week after its presentation at the World Economic Forum in Davos.