AT least 26 Palestinians have been killed by Israel overnight after intense attacks, including one on a school housing displaced families.
Israel targeted a school in Khan Younis, killing 18 people including children. The refuge was housing families recently displaced from eastern Khan Younis.
In southwest Gaza City, three people – a man and his children – were killed in a drone attack as they were leaving the house they were sheltering in.
Two other people in Jabalia were also struck by a drone.
Palestinians have reported that air raids have ramped up in parts of Gaza, after leaflets were dropped instructing people to leave and head west.
It comes after the United States- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) announced it will suspend aid distribution on Wednesday for the full day, after Israel opened fire on Palestinians seeking aid and food. At least 27 were killed and more than 100 were injured.
Israel’s military also said that approach roads to the aid distribution centres will be “considered combat zones”.
The near-daily shootings have come after an Israeli and US-backed foundation established aid distribution points inside Israeli military zones, a system it says is designed to circumvent Hamas.
The United Nations has rejected the new system, saying it does not address Gaza’s mounting hunger crisis and allows Israel to use aid as a weapon.
The Israeli military said it was looking into reports of casualties on Tuesday. It previously said it fired warning shots at suspects who approached its forces early Sunday and Monday, when health officials and witnesses said 34 people were killed.
The military denies opening fire on civilians or blocking them from reaching the aid sites.
