Israel's shootings and airstrikes killed 19 people in central and southern Gaza, including two policemen who helped protect the delivery of humanitarian aid in the southern city of Rafah, Palestinian medics said.

17 of them died in separate Israeli airstrikes against refugee camps al-Bureij and al-Maghazi as well as the city of Deir-al-Balah in central Gaza, and on Tuesday night tanks opened fire on an area east of Gaza. al-Nusseirat camp, residents said.

Several people told Reuters through a chat app about a new Israeli military push caused panic, with several families living in al-Maghazi starting to escape under tank fire, and four bullets falling near the clinic at the camp.

In a brief statement issued the previous day, the Israeli military said its fighter jets were attacking Hamas militant targets in central Gaza, while ground forces were operating "focally with intelligence guidance" in the al-Bureij region.

The report did not provide up-to-date information on activities in Rafah, which Israeli forces swept away last month in what the military called a limited operation to eradicate Hamas' last fighting unit that remained intact after nearly eight months of a devastating war in the Gaza Strip.

The small city bordering the southern border of Gaza with Egypt has housed about one million Palestinians fleeing Israeli attacks on other regions of the region, but most have fled again in the face of Israeli tank attacks.


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