Israeli tanks pushes further into the heart of Khan Younis, the second largest city in the Gaza Strip, on Monday. Reportedly, the tanks are advancing slowly through the villages and approaching the eastern part of Khan Younis.
According to Palestinian news agency, Wafa, six people, most of them children, were killed when a flat belonging to the Subh family in the Tal al-Sultan area of the southern city of Rafah was bombed on Monday morning.
Dozens of people were, reportedly, killed or wounded after a strike in the Sheikh Radwan area of Gaza City, in the north. Also, 15 people were killed in a strike on a home in Maghazi refugee camp, in central Gaza.
There are still hundreds of people in Khan Younis taking shelter in many refugee camps.
According to Hamas-run health ministry 18,205 were killed and 49,645 were injured since October 7 attacks.
The UN's Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) has said there is "almost a total breakdown of civil order" around its aid deliveries in Gaza. While, World Health Organisation (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said: “Gaza’s health system is on its knees and collapsing.”
According to the international relief agencies, with intensifying hunger, Gazans are forced to search for a new haven and they leaving to Egypt. Gazans said people forced to flee repeatedly were dying of hunger and cold as well as bombardment, reported Reuters.
UN General Assembly meet on Tuesday
The UN general assembly is set to meet on Tuesday and is likely to vote on a draft resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire. The US had vetoed the UNSC resolution for immediate ceasefire last week.
Meanwhile, Israel has rejected suggestions it is trying to force Palestinians out of Gaza as Arab leaders and aid officials warn its intensifying ground offensive against civilians could leave them with very limited options.
Philippe Lazzarini, the commissioner general of UNRWA, the wrote on Saturday that pushing Gazans closer and closer to the border pointed to "attempts to move Palestinians into Egypt".The border with Egypt is heavily fortified, but Hamas militants blew holes in the wall in 2008 to break a tight blockade.
Jordan had accused Israel on Sunday of seeking "to empty Gaza of its people". While Israeli government spokesperson Eylon Levy called the accusation "outrageous and false," saying his country was defending itself "from the monsters who perpetrated the Oct 7 massacre" and bringing them to justice.
The Israeli PM, Benjamin Netanyahu, claimed dozens of Hamas fighters had surrendered, calling it the beginning of the end for the militant group that has controlled Gaza since 2007. While the Hamas called the claim “false and baseless”.
Amid heavy Israeli attacks, Hamas has issued fresh demands for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails to be released and threatened the lives of the hostages it holds if they were not.
According to Israel, Hamas still hold 137 hostages. While there are about 7,000 Palestinians in Israeli prisons.
