Israel announces new evacuation orders for Khan Younis
The Israeli military has announced new mass evacuation orders for southern areas of Khan Younis, where fighting has intensified.
The military said, “due to numerous acts of terrorism and the firing of anti-aircraft missiles”, areas in the south of the city have “become dangerous”.
“At this time the space will be adjusted,” the military said in reference to the new areas in Khan Younis that people must leave immediately.
Eastern areas of Khan Younis were ordered evacuated last week, and Israeli forces attacked within minutes of issuing its warning for people to leave.
The military said the latest evacuation order was based on “intelligence” where Hamas had “terrorist infrastructure” in an area “defined as a humanitarian” zone.
New evacuation: Israel says it will ‘act strongly’ in southern Khan Younis
Israel’s military has announced the latest mass evacuation for southern areas of Khan Younis through SMS, phone calls, recorded audio messages, and Arabic-language media broadcasts.
The evacuation order comes on top of last week’s evacuation of eastern areas of the war-torn southern city, which forced an estimated 180,000 Palestinian people to flee within four days and with few belongings.
In its latest order, the military said it would “act strongly against terrorist organisation” in Khan Younis and blamed Hamas for using “the residents of Gaza as human shields”.
UN agencies have sharply criticised Israel’s policy of mass displacement of Gaza’s civilian population and military attacks on areas previously declared “safe zones” by Israel.
Deaths, injuries as Israeli military bombs house near Khan Younis
They have bombed a house in Abasan, east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, our Al Jazeera Arabic colleagues report.
There have been an unspecified number of deaths and injuries in the town as a result of the strike.
Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis receives 14 bodies
Medical sources have told Al Jazeera that 14 bodies have arrived at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis since this morning.
Meanwhile, an Al Jazeera correspondent also reported that Israeli artillery shelling has been targeting the town of Bani Suheila, east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza.
At least one killed in Israeli drone attack on cemetery in Khan Younis
A Palestinian has been killed and many others wounded in an Israeli drone attack on a cemetery in Khan Younis, an Al Jazeera correspondent reports.
