In Gaza, the health ministry said at least 25 people were killed in Rafah in overnight Israeli attacks, including 11 Palestinians who died when an Israeli airstrike hit a tent near a hospital and another 14 in one family, including five children, who died when a strike hit a house.

The ministry said another 50 people were wounded in the strike near the hospital.

In an apparent reference to that incident, the Israeli military said the strike was conducted against “Islamic Jihad terrorists.”

“The strike hit one tent, where people took shelter, directly, shrapnel came inside the hospital where me and friends were sitting, we survived by a miracle,” a witness told Reuters by phone from the area, declining to be identified.

Residents reported the sound of heavy shelling and tanks advancing overnight around Khan Younis.

The Israeli military commented: “As the operational activity is still ongoing, we can only confirm that there have been intensified airstrikes in Khan Younis. We will be able to provide you with further information once the activity concludes.”