Israel’s military said that the air strikes were retaliation for an incident on Friday in which eight Palestinian fighters exited a tunnel in the city of Rafah, in southern Gaza, which it said violated the fragile ceasefire. Egypt demanded that all parties “exercise the utmost restraint” ahead of Sunday’s reopening of Rafah crossing, while Qatar said it denounced the “repeated Israeli violations of the ceasefire”. Israel had previously expressed its unwillingness to reopen the gateway until it received the remains of Ran Gvili, the last hostage to be held in Gaza, who was recovered earlier this week and laid to rest in Israel on Wednesday.
Author: Punch Newspapers
Published at: 2026-01-31 20:13:48
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