In the last 24 hours, there has been an increase in Israeli attacks in one of the areas designated as a safe zone, Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum reports from Deir el-Balah, Gaza Strip.

Witnesses said Israeli tanks carried out a sudden and unexpected incursion in al-Mawasi, launching a number of artillery shells towards the evacuation centres and makeshift tents.

The entire area of al-Mawasi is an evacuation centre. It’s a very tiny strip of land where more than 100,000 Palestinians have been taking refuge. It’s the place where field hospitals have been established and it’s a centre for humanitarian organisations.

There is a partial infiltration for the Israeli troops to the western portion of Rafah district, despite all the US warnings on expanding the military operation in Rafah. They have full operational control of the Philadelphi Corridor.