Palestinians mourned on Wednesday (February 4) loved ones killed by Israeli fire including a medic who rushed to help victims of a strike in the southern city of Khan Younis and was then killed by a second attack on the same location, health officials said.

Israeli tank shelling and airstrikes killed 21 Palestinians including six children in Gaza on Wednesday, health officials said, the latest violence to undermine a truce in the enclave.

Other strikes hit Gaza City in the north, where health officials said a 5-month-old boy was killed. The attacks come three days after Israel reopened Gaza's main border crossing with Egypt, a major step in the U.S.-backed truce.

Tents in Mawasi, a coastal area near Khan Younis crowded with Gazans displaced by the conflict, had been ripped apart by the strikes. Nearly all of Gaza's over 2 million population has been forced to flee their homes.

The Israeli military said it had launched the strikes in response to militants opening fire against Israeli troops operating near its armistice line with Hamas.

It said an Israeli soldier was severely injured by the militant fire, which it described as a violation of the ceasefire agreement.

DESCRIPCIÓN DE IMÁGENES

SHOWS: KHAN YOUNIS, GAZA (FEBRUARY 4, 2026) (REUTERS – Access all)

1. VARIOUS OF MEMBERS OF PALESTINIAN RED CRESCENT CARRYING THE BODY OF THEIR COLLEAGUE KILLED BY ISRAELI FIRE WHILE ON DUTY, HUSSEIN AL-SEMIRY

2. MEMBERS OF PALESTINIAN RED CRESCENT PUTTING BODY IN AMBULANCE

3. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) SPOKESPERSON OF PALESTINIAN RED CRESCENT, RAED AL-NEMS, SAYING

“We were surprised today by the targeting of our colleague medic, Hussein al-Semiry, who was martyred while carrying out his humanitarian duty of transporting the wounded from Khan Younis. These attacks must stop; international law provides protection to providers of health and ambulance services.”

4. PALESTINIANS MOVING BODY ON STRETCHER

5. MOURNERS GATHERING AROUND BODY

6. GIRL HUGGING CHILD

7. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) PALESTINIAN FATHER OF CHILDREN KILLED IN TENT, RAMI ABU JAME’, SAYING:

“They hit a tent next to me, what brought my children (to this)? Her head (referring to his daughter who was killed) was gone. This girl is my beloved.”

8. VARIOUS OF WOMAN BEING COMFORTED BY MOURNERS

9. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) PALESTINIAN FATHER OF CHILDREN KILLED IN TENT, RAMI ABU JAME’, SAYING:

“I used to live by the sea, it swept away my tent at 12, my children miraculously survived from the sea. I rented a plot of land from al-Astal’s family with three million Israeli Shekels (meaning 300 Israeli Shekels) ($97.17) to protect my children from the sea, the waves, and the cold. Twenty days passed, and God took them, thank God.”

JOURNALIST ASKING: “What are their names?”

“Azhar, Inas, and Rahaf.”

10. AMBULANCE / MOURNERS

11. AMBULANCES MOVING