Israeli forces bombarded the Gaza Strip’s historic refugee camps in the centre of the enclave and struck Gaza City in the north on Thursday, killing at least 21 people, as tanks pushed deeper into Rafah in the south.
A barrage of Israeli airstrikes killed 16 in Zawayda town, Bureij and Nuseirat camps and the overcrowded city of Deir-Al-Balah, the last major urban centre in Gaza not to be invaded by Israeli forces, health officials said.
In Rafah, residents said Israeli tanks advanced deeper in the western side of the city and took position on a hilltop there. The Israeli military said forces located several tunnels and killed several gunmen.
At Al-Amal Hospital, run by the Palestinian Red Crescent Society, in Khan Younis, Palestinian health officials exhumed at least 12 bodies buried inside the medical facility to rebury them at another location. (Agencies)