The Israeli military has launched new deadly attacks on Khan Yunis minutes after it ordered residents to evacuate east of the southern Gaza City.
Mohamed Saqer, the official spokesman of Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, said on Monday that at least 45 people were killed in Israeli air raids and artillery shelling in Khan Yunis’ eastern neighborhoods, which were designated a humanitarian safe zone.
The medical facility which is the last remaining hospital in southern Gaza has been receiving a rising number of casualties, including children, since this morning when the Israeli forces started their air and ground attacks, giving the residents no time to follow their evacuation orders.
At least 39,051 people have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7, Gaza’s Health Ministry announced.
The bodies of the Khan Yunis victims arrived at Nasser Hospital, the Al Jazeera report said.
Bani Suheila, Qizan an-Najjar, Abasan al-Kabira, Khuza’a, and al-Qarara were among the districts targeted by the Israeli military, it added.