Israeli forces sent tanks deeper into Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip and launched strikes across the enclave , killing at least 34 Palestinians Wednesday, according to medics.
Residents of Khan Younis said Israeli tanks made a surprise advance into the centre of the city, and the military ordered evacuations in the east.
Officials said the Israeli strikes in Khan Younis killed at least 11 people.
In Deir Al-Balah, an Israeli airstrike killed eight Palestinians near a school housing displaced families. In Nuseirat, journalist Mohammed Abed-Rabbo was killed along with his sister in an Israeli attack on their house.
More than 40,500 Palestinians have been killed in the war.
10 killed in West Bank
Hundreds of Israeli troops backed by helicopters, drones and armoured personnel carriers raided the flashpoint cities of Jenin and Tulkarm and other areas in the occupied West Bank Wednesday, killing at least 10 Palestinians.
The assault, one of the largest seen in the West Bank for months, followed a series of smaller raids in the area over recent weeks.-Reuters
A Palestinian woman reacts as she walks along a street damaged during a raid in the Nur Shams camp near the city of Tulkarem in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on Wednesday. AFP
An Israeli military bulldozer drives down a road during a raid in Jenin in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday. AFP
A Palestinian man is released by Israeli troops after being arrested and interrogated during a raid in the Nur Shams camp for near the city of Tulkarem in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Wednesday. AFP
A car stands under the destruction caused to a residential building by an Israeli raid in the Nur Shams camp near the city of Tulkarem in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Wednesday. AFP
