“The situation continues to escalate as Israeli forces launch attacks on areas across the Gaza Strip, including Nuseirat, Rafah and the northern parts which have been under blockade for more than 70 days now without any basic necessities,” Al Jazeera’s Hind Khoudary reports from Deir el-Balah, central Gaza.

“There have been several strikes in the past 24 hours, trapping Palestinians under the rubble of buildings after two homes were targeted. We don’t have the full information yet because we are unable to access those areas.

“This has been increasingly happening because Israeli troops force civil defence teams and paramedics to evacuate areas,” she said.

The Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza is also facing a very difficult situation, with the latest including Israeli forces planting booby traps in areas surrounding the facility, Khoudary went on to say.