Al Jazeera reports that fighters in Gaza continue to launch rockets into southern Israel. Two missiles fired from the war-torn Palestinian territory on Tuesday caused no damage or casualties after landing in open areas, war monitors report.

Two US-based defence think tanks – the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) and the Critical Threats Project (CTP) – also said that Israeli forces were operating on Tuesday around Beit Hanoon in the far north of the Gaza Strip and had ordered Palestinian residents in the area to leave, according to reports.

However, the Israeli military had “not issued official evacuation orders for the area”, according to the latest battlefield assessment from the ISW and CTP.

Fighting also continued on Tuesday between Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups in central Gaza, the monitors said, adding that the Palestinians fighters appeared to be infiltrating both north and south Gaza from the central Gaza Strip to re-engage Israeli units.