An Israeli army strike on a tent camp in a humanitarian zone in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis killed at least 19 people and wounded 60 others, the health ministry in the Hamas-run Palestinian enclave said Tuesday after the civil defence agency provided an earlier death toll of 40. The Israeli army said it targeted a Hamas command centre in the Al-Mawasi area, which the military had designated a safe zone. Hamas said the claim that its fighters were at the scene was a "blatant lie". Read our blog to see how the day's events unfolded.
This blog is no longer being updated. For more coverage of the Israel-Hamas war, please click here.
