Along the eastern border, the Israeli military continues its artillery shelling campaign, destroying more residential buildings in the eastern part of Khan Younis, Rafah, as well as the central area and the northern part of Gaza, Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud reports from Rafah, southern Gaza.

“It’s all consistent with the efforts of clearing the entire eastern area and preparing it for a buffer zone. It follows the narrative of making that area completely out of service in terms of schools and health facilities and eventually uninhabitable… eventually squeezing people into a small area and finally into expulsion.

“The Israeli military stepped up its operations in the central part, ordering people to evacuate in Rafah city where the vast majority of displaced Palestinians and evacuees keep pouring into this small area. It’s an area with an original population of 260,000,” Mahmoud adds.

“Now we’re looking at 1,350,000 people; it’s running out of space.”