Gaza live: Fresh Israeli order forces over 170,000 Palestinians to leave their homes

Far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said the US needs to “respect Israeli democracy” when it comes to matters of Israel’s security.

Smotrich's comments were in response to White House national security spokesperson John Kirby, who said the US would not allow “extremists” to push Gaza ceasefire negotiations off course.

“I respect the US’ position and thank it for its support for Israel in the face of regional threats, but I expect it to respect Israeli democracy and the position of Israel’s citizens and elected officials in relation to decisions that will affect the country’s security,” Smotrich said.

“The [Yahya] Sinwar surrender agreement, which leaves most of the abductees to die, which frees many murderers, returns the terrorists to the north of the Gaza Strip, abandons the border and allows Hamas to smuggle weapons and restore its strength to return and attack Israel as an arm of Iran, is bad for Israel,” the far-right minister said. Smotrich did not provide evidence for these claims.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a phone call to finalise a ceasefire agreement and secure the release of Israeli captives, a German government spokesperson said on Sunday.

Scholz told Netanyahu that while many of Israel's military objectives in its fight against Hamas had been achieved, the civilian casualties and human suffering in Gaza have been immense.

"An end to the war in Gaza would be a decisive step towards a regional de-escalation," the government spokesperson said.

Scores of Israeli settlers, under the protection of Israeli police, raided Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem on Sunday morning.

The settlers entered the compound in groups and performed Talmudic rituals in its courtyards, according to Palestinian media. 

Al-Aqsa Mosque is an Islamic site where, under decades-old international agreements, unsolicited visits, prayers, and rituals by non-Muslims are prohibited.

Israeli groups, with the backing of authorities, have repeatedly violated these agreements by facilitating raids and performing religious rituals at the site.

Israel's far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, posted a message on X, calling for Israel to occupy the Gaza Strip permanently. 

Ben Gvir voiced his opposition to US-backed ceasefire efforts, saying that Hamas must be “crushed” until it “completely surrenders”.

He proposed halting all humanitarian aid and fuel shipments into Gaza until all Israeli captives held by Hamas were released. 

Ben Gvir also urged Israeli authorities to “encourage emigration” and advocated for permanent Israeli control over the Gaza Strip.

"Encourage emigration and occupy the territories of the Gaza Strip in order to keep them in our hands permanently. It's in our hands," he wrote. 

Israeli forces detained 16 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank overnight, including several former prisoners.

The Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoners Society said in a joint statement that the arrests took place in several areas, including Jerusalem, Hebron, Jenin, Qalqilya and Nablus.

Witnesses reported that the detainees and their families were threatened and their homes were damaged during the raids. 

Since 7 October, over 10,000 Palestinians have been detained from the occupied West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem, according to the statement. 

Israeli forces have expanded their forcible evacuation orders to additional areas of Khan Younis in southern Gaza.

According to the Wafa news agency, the Israeli military on Sunday instructed displaced families in parts of northern and central Khan Younis to leave immediately. This marks the third evacuation order in the city within a week, as Israel ramps up its military offensive in the southern part of the enclave.

At the same time as the evacuation order, Israeli air strikes reportedly targeted Khan Younis and its surrounding areas. 

Israel's war on Gaza has killed at least 39,790 Palestinians in the besieged enclave since 7 October.

Our live coverage from Gaza will shortly be closing until tomorrow morning.

Here are some of the day's key developments:

• The Israeli army is saying "there is a high probability" that Ashraf Juda, a commander of Palestinian Islamic Jihad's Central Camps Brigade, has been killed at Tabin school attack, among 19 Palestinian fighters targeted in the bombing.
• Al Jazeera is quoting sources as saying that two of the 19 Palestinians mentioned by Israeli army as fighters killed in the Tabin attack, were already killed in other places in the past few days.
• Jordan's Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said his country would not be a "battlefield for any party" and that Jordan will not allow the violation of its airspace.
• Hezbollah says its attack with multiple rockets and drones on Israel was in response to the assassination of a Hamas official in the coastal city of Sidon on Friday. The Lebanese group said it hit the Michve Alon Israeli air base, and that the drones resulted in “confirmed casualties”.
• The US has expressed its "deep" concern about civilian casualties in Gaza following the Israeli bombing on Tabin school, killing more than 100 people, the White House said in a statement. 
• Several anti-Netanyahu protests have taken place in Israel calling for the release of the hostages and for early Knesset elections. 

The Israeli army is saying "there is a high probability" that Ashraf Juda, a commander of Palestinian Islamic Jihad's Central Camps Brigade, has been killed at Tabin school attack.

It added that it was still unknown whether he had been hurt or killed in the bombing. 

In an English-language video message, military spokesperson Daniel Hagari said that there were around two dozen fighters at the school, and 19  of them were killed. 

The army has previously said that it directed "precision" strike at the school to target senior Palestinian fighters and and that the military's intelligence knew there were no women and children at the site.

The Israeli news outlet Haaretz says the Israeli army is claiming that a commander in the Islamic Jihad is highly likely to have been killed in the bombing of Tabin school in Gaza.

Earlier, the Israeli army claimed that 19 members of Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad have been killed in the attack, which killed more than 100 people.

Chairman of the Geneva-based Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor said Israel is falsely alleging that the 19 Palestinians, who were killed among more than 100 others killed in the bombing on Tabin school, were members of Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

On a post on X, the Palestinian national Ramy Abdul said that four of those 19 were from a family whom he knows, another one was an Imam at the mosque who "had a seroious dispute with Hamas", and a third was a university professor, who never took part in politics.

Jordan's Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said his country would not be a "battlefield for any party", according to Reuters.

He added that Jordan will not allow the violation of its airspace.

Safadi added that the current regional conflict was action and reaction between Israel and Iran.

Hezbollah says its attack with rockets and drones on Israel were in response to the assassination of a Hamas official in the coastal city of Sidon on Friday. 

The Lebanese group said it hit the Michve Alon Israeli air base, and that the drones resulted in “confirmed casualties”.

The Israeli army claims that it has killed 19 members of Hamas and the Palestinian Jihad in its bombing on Tabin school which killed more than 100 people. 

The Government Media Office in Gaza had said three 2,000-pound bombs were used in the attack. Then the Israeli army claims it used “three precise munitions” that could not cause the amount of reported damage.

According to the UN, the Israeli military has hit at least 21 schools in the past 40 days.

Hezbollah said it has fired multiple rockets and drones at Israel, but no casualties have been reported so far.

Earlier, Israeli media has reported that sirens were sound at northern Galilee region.

The Lebanese group claims it has launched eight attacks on Israeli areas so far, including a projectile on Eilon, and the occupied territories in Shebaa Farms and Kfarchouba hills.

It said some of the rockets passed through the Israeli air defences and made impact.

Meanwhile, the Lebanese outlets of Al Mayadeen and Al-Akhbar reported that Israel was conducting airstrikes in the towns of Blida, Khiam, Hanine, and Ayta ash Shab in southern Lebanon.

The US has expressed its "deep" concern about civilian casualties in Gaza following the Israeli bombing on Tabin school, killing more than 100 people, the White House said in a statement. 

It said that it was in contact with Israeli officials, who said the attack aimed at targeting senior Hamas members, and asking for details.

The statement pointed out that far too many civilians are being killed and injured in the ongoing war.