A BBC reporter in the Gaza Strip has said there was “huge bombardment in the north of Gaza strip on a scale we’ve never seen before”.

Rushdi Abualouf, who is reporting from Gaza’s Khan Younis, noted seeing “huge flames” rising into the sky. “It seemed they were using different types of bombs,” he said.

He said at a hospital in Khan Younis, ambulance drivers told him they “couldn’t communicate with anyone, so they were just driving in the direction of the explosions”.

“There’s been panic everywhere, even here in Khan Younis, where the bombing was less, as people try to reach family members in other areas to check they are safe, but the phones have been cut off.

“It’s total chaos.”