Five killed in overnight Israeli attacks on homes in north, south Gaza
Three people were killed and several injured when Israeli forces bombed the home of the Batash family in the Tuffah area of Gaza City in the past few hours, the Wafa news agency reports.
One person was also killed and five injured in an Israeli attack on the home of the Jadallah family in the west of Khan Younis city. Meanwhile, a young girl was killed and six others injured when the al-Raqab family’s house was bombed in the Bani Suheila area east of the southern Gaza city, Wafa reports.
Israeli artillery strikes, quadcopter drone attacks reported
According to local media reports, Israeli artillery is hitting central Rafah city, in the south of Gaza, as well as areas to the west of the city.
Targets to the north of the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza are also being hit by shelling, according to the reports, and Israeli quadcopter aerial drones have attacked and injured several people east of the Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza’s Deir el-Balah area.
We reported earlier that five people were killed in Israeli attacks on Palestinian homes overnight in northern Gaza City and Khan Younis in the south.
Israel orders evacuation from eastern Khan Younis to al-Mawasi
The Israeli army’s Arabic-language spokesman Avichay Adraee tells residents of eastern Khan Younis that “remaining in that zone has become dangerous” as the military plans to respond to attacks on Israel’s forces from there.
“The [army] will act forcefully against terrorist organisations and therefore calls on the residents remaining in the eastern neighbourhoods of Khan Younis to evacuate immediately and temporarily towards the humanitarian zone created in al-Mawasi,” he said.
The order comes just days after al-Mawasi experienced a massacre carried out by the Israeli army that killed at least 90 displaced people sheltering in tents.
Israel launches air attacks on Khan Younis minutes after evacuation order: Report
The Israeli army has started carrying out its air attacks on eastern Khan Younis in southern Gaza, according to Israel’s Army Radio.
The news came just 15 minutes after the army spokesman announced new evacuation orders for residents of Khan Younis, according to Army Radio.
And Israel will claim they're covered by international law because of the evacuation orders... This is how perverted Israel's interpretation of international law has become with total impunity. Evacuation orders -> all civilians in the area are now human shields.
At least 5 killed in new Israeli attacks on eastern Khan Younis: Reports
At least five people have been killed in new Israeli air raids and artillery shelling in the eastern areas of Khan Younis, southern Gaza, according to Palestinian media. The bodies were received by Nasser Medical Complex in the city, the reports said.
Khan Younis death toll rises to 17: Reports
The death toll in Israel’s attack on the eastern outskirts of Khan Younis has risen to 17, according to the Palestinian media.
The bodies are arriving at Nasser Medical Complex in the southern city. The dead include six from the Abu Harb family as their house was attacked in Bani Suheila, 2km (1.2 miles) east of Khan Younis.
Other targeted areas include Qizan an-Najjar, Abasan al-Kabira and Khuza’a to the east of the city, as well as al-Qarara to the north.
Israel asks over 400,000 people to leave eastern Khan Younis: Civil Defence
Palestinian Civil Defence has said the Israeli evacuation order affected more than 400,000 people in the eastern areas of Khan Younis. Our reporter said earlier that the residents were given no time to flee as the Israeli military operation started shortly after the leaflets were dropped.
