More death and destruction overnight and in the early hours of this morning, Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud reports from Rafah, southern Gaza.

In Rafah, a city designated by the Israeli military as safe, two residential homes were targeted and more than 10 people were killed.

In Khan Younis, there has been non-stop artillery shelling and aerial bombardment on the eastern and central side. The Israeli military vehicles kept pushing to the centre of the city, very close to the vicinity of Nasser Hospital.

A home was targeted where an entire family, 13 people, were killed this morning.

The bombardment in Khan Younis seems to have increased in the past few hours.

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