mondoweiss brings you current events in the situation in gaza/israel;

Casualties 

• 27,019+ killed* and at least 66,139 wounded in the Gaza Strip.
• 387+ Palestinians killed in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem
• Israel revises its estimated October 7 death toll down from 1,400 to 1,147.
• 558 Israeli soldiers killed since October 7, and at least 3,221 injured.**

*This figure was confirmed by Gaza’s Ministry of Health on February 1. Some rights groups put the death toll number at more than 33,000 when accounting for those presumed dead.

** This figure is released by the Israeli military.

Key Developments 

• Over 70 U.S. cities pass symbolic resolutions calling for ceasefire in Gaza. 
• Palestinian officials accuse Israeli forces of “execution-style” killings in Gaza following reports of bodies with blindfolds and tied hands discovered in mass grave in northern Gaza. 
• UN: unemployment in Gaza reached nearly 80 percent in December.
• Doctors without borders: Israeli forces have rejected aid deliveries to north Gaza “almost systematically,” medical facilities under constant attack by Israeli forces.
• UNRWA Gaza Chief: UNRWA staff and thousands of displaced Gazans forced to leave Khan Younis due to Israeli aggression. 
• Human Rights Watch: UNRWA funding freeze could hasten famine in Gaza.
• UNOCHA:184,000 people sheltering on western outskirts of Khan Younis
• UNRWA: Facilities for displaced families in Gaza attacked at least 270 times since October 7.........more.....