The air strike hit an area that also includes a school-turned-shelter for displaced people, many of whom are living in makeshift tents.
An Israeli air strike has hit a residential building in Gaza 's southern city of Khan Younis.The air strike slammed into a building that was right next to Nasser Hospital.
Nasser Hospital sits in the western part of the city, which is inside the Israeli-designated humanitarian "safe zone" where Palestinians have been told to go, according to maps provided by Israel's military.The latest Israeli evacuation order affected about 250,000 people earlier this week across wide swathes of Gaza, the UN estimated.
"We were sitting in this tent, three people, and we were surprised by the rubble and dust," said one man, Jalal Lafi, who was displaced from the city of Rafah in the south. On Tuesday, an Israeli air strike killed a prominent Palestinian doctor and eight members of his extended family, just hours after they complied with military orders to evacuate their home and moved to the Israeli-designated safe zone.
Much of that area is now blanketed with tent camps that lack sanitation and medical facilities with limited access to aid, UN and humanitarian groups say.The World Court has ordered Israel to "take all necessary and effective" action to ensure access to food and medical supplies for Gaza's Palestinian population in an effort to improve the humanitarian situation.
The amount of food and other supplies getting into Gaza has plunged since Israel's offensive into Rafah began two months ago, causing widespread hunger and sparking fears of famine.
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