Israel orders massive area in Khan Younis emptied of 400,000 people: UN

Heavy Israeli bombardments are reported in close proximity to three hospitals in Gaza’s Khan Younis – Nasser, Al Amal, and Al Aqsa hospitals – as fighting between Israeli forces and Palestinian continues. 

Now the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) situation report also notes:

• Almost 90,000 residents and 425,000 displaced people have been ordered by the Israeli military to leave more than 4sq km residential areas in Khan Younis
• The massive clearance order in Khan Younis affects 24 UN shelters for people displaced by Israel’s war, three hospitals, which represent 20 percent of all partially, still-functioning medical centres in Gaza, and three other health clinics