Residents say tanks advanced one day after the Israeli military issued new evacuation orders, saying there had been rocket launches from the area
Palestinians check the rubble of a destroyed building after an overnight Israeli strike in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, on Dec. 4.Israeli tanks pushed into northern parts of the Khan Younis area in the south of the Gaza Strip on Wednesday and Palestinian medics said Israeli air strikes had killed at least 20 people across the enclave.
With shells falling near residential areas, families left their homes and headed westward toward the humanitarian-designated area of Al-Mawasi nearby. A further nine Palestinians were killed by tank fire in Rafah, near the border with Egypt, medics said.Israeli forces fired on the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza for the fifth successive day, hospital director Hussam Abu Safiya said, adding that three of his medical staff had been wounded, one critically, on Tuesday night.
Residents in three towns – Jabalia, Beit Lahiya and Beit Hanoun – said Israeli forces had blown up dozens of houses.
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