Israel's Gaza attacks kill 51 Palestinians
At least 51 Palestinians have been killed and 503 injured in Israeli attacks across Gaza in the past 24 hours, according to its Health Ministry.
Sixteen people have been killed and several others injured in the city of Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, the Palestinian news agency WAFA reported on Monday.
According to WAFA's report, there were also fatalities in other parts of the Gaza Strip. Among them were several women and children. Israeli air strikes killed at least two Palestinians and wounded several others in central Gaza's Deir el-Balah.
Meanwhile, a medical source at Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza's Khan Younis said another Palestinian was killed in an Israeli drone strike in the city's north.
Several people were wounded after an Israeli air strike targeted an apartment building in the al-Amal neighbourhood, west of Khan Younis.
Meanwhile, Israel's army has ordered Palestinians in several areas of Gaza's Khan Younis city to immediately flee for their lives.
The military 'will operate with great force in the areas where you are present', army spokesman Avichay Adraee said in a statement.
The order does not include al-Amal Hospital, he added.
Israel's military has followed up previous displacement orders with heavy air strikes and troop deployments in those areas.
The Hamas-controlled health authority said more than 54,400 Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza Strip since the start of the Gaza war more than a year and a half ago. (Agencies)
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