Israeli strikes have targeted homes in the south of Gaza, the Palestinian interior ministry has said – including 21 people killed in an air strike on a house in Khan Younis.
It said another 28 people were killed in a strike on a house in the Rafah area, near to the border crossing with Egypt. The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said women and children were among the 28 killed at the “family house”.
The total of 49 people killed in last night’s strikes is an update on a previous figure given by the interior ministry.
Many Gaza residents evacuated to Khan Younis yesterday after the Israeli government told civilians to move south. Hopes remain a humanitarian corridor could be opened through the Rafah crossing to allow aid into Gaza, allow this has yet been agreed.
Source: BBC
