Health Ministry officials in Gaza say Israeli air strikes have killed at least nine people across the Gaza Strip in less than two hours since the resumption of military operations, Al Jazeera reports.

In the south, at least six people were killed in an attack on a house in Rafah and one in Khan Younis, Palestinian journalist Hind Khoudary reported from Khan Younis. In central Gaza, at least nine people were killed in the al-Maghazi area in central Gaza.

Israel has also been asking residents in certain neighbourhoods of Khan Younis to leave ahead of an expected attack in the area.

“The Israeli forces are dropping leaflets for people in Khan Younis asking them to evacuate to Rafah but they are also targeting Rafah,” Khoudary said.

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