Three Palestinians killed in Israeli attack on Khan Younis
Al Jazeera Arabic’s correspondent on the ground says the victims included a paramedic and were killed in Israeli shelling of the town of Bani Suheila, east of the city of Khan Younis.
AJA is also reporting that Israeli forces bombed the Nuseirat refugee camp and the town of az-Zawayda in central Gaza, destroying at least four houses.
The attacks come as Israel’s military launched a third ground invasion of southern Khan Younis, forcing some 75,000 people to flee their shelters again.
Smoke billows following Israeli bombardment in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip on August 11
Israeli forces continue to pound Khan Younis, Rafah
Palestinian media are reporting “intense” Israeli air raids and artillery attacks on the city of Khan Younis, while Al Jazeera Arabic’s correspondent on the ground says Israel’s military is shelling the Tal as-Sultan neighbourhood of nearby Rafah.
Another Israeli soldier killed in Gaza
The Israeli military said Omer Ginzburg, 19, was killed on Sunday in southern Gaza. The military in late July said at least 329 Israeli soldiers have been killed in the ground offensive in Gaza and operations along Israel’s northern border.
More Israeli air raids, artillery attacks reported in Gaza
Palestinian media are reporting more Israeli artillery attacks on Deir el-Balah and the Maghazi camp in central Gaza, as well as on the town of Abasan al-Jadida, east of the southern city of Khan Younis.
Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic also reported intense Israeli bombardment of Sabra neighbourhood in northern Gaza City.
Gaza hospital receives bodies of 13 people, including a child
Nasser Hospital has received the bodies of people killed in Israeli strikes on Khan Younis, which came after it ordered mass evacuations in the southern Gaza city.
The Associated Press said its journalist counted the bodies at the hospital and saw funeral prayers being held on Monday morning. The dead included a medic who was killed along with two other people in a strike on his house, according to hospital records.
Khan Younis suffered heavy casualties and destruction earlier this year during a major Israeli air and ground offensive.
Three killed in Israeli air strike on Gaza City
Three people have been killed and others injured following an Israeli airstrike on Gaza City, Palestinian news agency Wafa reports.
The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said three people were killed after Israel targeted a group of civilians in the vicinity of Badr Mosque in the Zeitoun neighbourhood, Wafa said, quoting medical sources.
Israeli army extends closed military zone around Gaza
The Israeli military has adjusted its closed zone around the Gaza fence after a new assessment, an army statement says.
According to the order, new areas are prohibited from entry without prior coordination with the Israeli military. These closed zones include farm fields between the Beit Hanoon crossing (known as Erez to Israelis), Yad Mordechai, Shaar HaNegev junction, Nativot junction and Nahal Oz.
Also included in the order are fields between the access road to the cemetery in Netivot and Route 234 and from there to the Gaza fence. The statement also included the area between the Re’im and Urim junctions, and from there to the fence.
Israeli media say the order was issued as Jewish settlers plan to go to the fence tonight to hold prayers.
