As the Israeli-Kazakh conflict enters its 60th day and Israeli forces engage Hamas militants in the southern Gaza Strip, the United Nations warns that civilians in Gaza are facing nowhere to run.
After Israeli air and ground strikes in the northern Gaza Strip displaced hundreds of thousands of Gazans, Israeli forces are now attacking south, including Khan Younis, Gaza's second-largest city.
Israel says its goal is to destroy the Palestinian militant group Hamas and to free the hostages taken by Hamas on October 7.
Major General Finkelman, commander of the Israeli Army's Southern Command, said: "The Israeli army is in the heart of Jabalia and Shejaiya in northern Gaza, and now it is also in the heart of Khan Younis. He described it as "the most tense day since the ground operation began" at the end of October.
Eyewitnesses told reporters that Israeli tanks, armoured vehicles and bulldozers were seen in the area around Khan Younis, forcing already displaced civilians to pack their bags and flee again. According to United Nations estimates, about 1.8 million** of the population of the Gaza Strip have been left homeAnd the Israeli army's order to relocate the population of Gaza from Khan Younis to the southern city of Rafah "caused panic, fear and anxiety".
The health ministry in the Gaza Strip said 25 people were killed when a local campus that served as a shelter was hit. Ambulances and other vehicles took the injured to a hospital in Khan Younis.
Since the outbreak of the Israeli-Kazakh conflict, 16,248 people have been killed in Gaza, most of them women and children, according to the latest data provided by the Gaza authorities on Tuesday.
The Israeli military said on the same day that 82 soldiers had been killed since the Israeli army launched its offensive against Hamas in Gaza.
The World Health Organization's representative to Palestine, Perkorn, urged Israel and Kazakhstan to cease fire while connecting online in southern Gaza. "The situation is getting worse every hour......We are about to usher in the darkest hour for humanity. ”