Al Jazeera correspondent Hani Mahmoud, reporting from Rafah in southern Gaza, has said that the Bureij refugee camp has seen constant massive attacks within the past hour as Israel expanded its forces to the southern part of Khan Younis.

“We are seeing more displaced Palestinians, more children and women under the rubble and more people wrapped in white sheets,” he said.

He said that according to reports coming from central Gaza, the entire refugee camp is not only under heavy bombardment but is also coming under siege of barrel bombs.

“In Deir el-Balah, where people were told within the past few days to evacuate to from the refugee camps in the central area to avoid getting bombed, people are getting bombed in the safe area designated by the Israeli military,” he said, adding that five members of one family were killed after a residential building was targeted.

“In Khan Younis, there is more intense fighting going on under heavy Israeli bombardment as invading forces on the ground are expanding to the southern part of Khan Younis,” he said.