Gaza's civil defence agency said Wednesday that Israeli forces had killed at least 46 people, including 36 in Gaza City, which Israel's defence minister has told residents to flee.
Mahmud Bassal, a spokesman for the rescue agency operating under Hamas authority, said several deaths resulted from attacks in the north of the territory, to the west of Gaza City.
Drone strikes also killed two people in Al-Zawayda and two people at a camp in Nuseirat, both in central Gaza, Bassal added.
Two aid seekers were killed by Israeli gunfire southwest of Khan Yunis in southern Gaza, he said.
Media restrictions in the territory and difficulties in accessing many areas mean AFP is unable to independently verify the tolls and details provided by the civil defence or the Israeli military.
The strikes come as Defence Minister Israel Katz warned the military was tightening its encirclement of Gaza City, telling residents to flee south, as Hamas weighs US President Donald Trump's plan to end nearly two years of war in the Palestinian territory.
Palestinians mourn the death of loved ones killed in Israeli strikes, outside al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, on, on Wednesday. AFP
Palestinian girls cry after an Israeli strike hit a tent used by displaced Gazans inside the grounds of the Shuhada al-Aqsa (Aqsa Martyrs) Hospital in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on Wednesday. AFP
Mourners react during the funeral of Palestinians, who, according to medics, were killed in Israeli strikes, at Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital, in Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, on Wednesday. REUTERS
Palestinians assist a wounded woman at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, after an Israeli strike on a tent, according to medics, in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, on Wednesday. REUTERS
Smoke rises during an Israeli military operation in Gaza City, as seen from the central Gaza Strip, on Wednesday. REUTERS
A Palestinian man mourns the death of a loved one killed in an Israeli strike, before a funeral procession outside al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, on Wednesday. AFP
A girl looks out a car window while Palestinians carrying belongings arrive on a coastal path northwest of Nuseirat refugee camp as they are displaced southward from Wadi Gaza following an Israeli announcement of closing Al-Rashid road towards the north of the besieged Gaza Strip, on Wednesday. AFP
Palestinians carrying belongings arrive on a coastal path northwest of Nuseirat refugee camp as they are displaced southward from Wadi Gaza following an Israeli announcement of closing Al-Rashid road towards the north of the besieged Gaza Strip, on Wednesday. AFP
A boy drinks water from a bag as Palestinians carrying belongings arrive on a coastal path northwest of Nuseirat refugee camp as they are displaced southward from Wadi Gaza following an Israeli announcement of closing Al-Rashid road towards the north of the besieged Gaza Strip, on Wednesday. AFP
