As Israeli tanks pushed into northern parts of the Khan Younis area in the south of the Gaza Strip, Palestinian medics said further Israeli airstrikes killed at least 47 people in a day across the enclave, Reuters reports.

With shells crashing near residential areas, families left their homes and headed westward toward the nearby humanitarian-designated area of Al-Mawasi.

Israeli forces also fired on Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya in north Gaza for the fifth straight day, hospital director Hussam Abu Safiya said. Three of his medical staff had been wounded, one critically, on Tuesday night, he said.

An Israeli airstrike at a tent encampment in al-Mawasi killed at least 17 people and wounded several, medics said. The Civil Emergency Service said the attack sparked fires in several tents housing displaced families.

The Israeli military claimed the strike targeted senior Hamas fighters operating from the humanitarian zone in Khan Younis.