Gaza live: Dozens killed and wounded in Israeli strikes on Gaza and Yemen

Hamas has dismissed Israel's claim that Saturday's Mawasi strike was targeting the group's leaders as "false."

"It's not the first time Israel claims to target Palestinian leaders, only to be proven false later," the group said in a statement.

At least 71 people were killed in the attack, and another 289 injured, Gaza's health ministry said.

Two people have been killed in an Israeli drone strike on a car in Khardali, south Lebanon, Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency is reporting.

According to the report, the two killed were the father and the uncle of a Hezbollah fighter who had previously been assassinated by Israeli forces.

The death toll of Palestinians killed in Gaza since 7 October as risen to 38,443, with at least 88,481 people injured, according to Gaza's health ministry.

The Israeli forces have confirmed that Saturday's attack on displaced people in Mawasi targeted Hamas military chief, Mohammed Deif.

Shortly after, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said in a statement that he gave a "permanent directive to eliminate senior Hamas officials” at the beginning of the war.

The statement added that Netanyahu will hold security talks throughout the day to discuss the next developments.

Eye witnesses of the Mawasi attack are reporting that Israeli aircraft fired on ambulance and civil defence teams as they arrived on the scene, according to local media outlets in Gaza.

Gaza's health ministry has said that at least 71 Palestinians have been killed and 289 injured in the Israeli strike on displaced people in Mawasi.

The Palestinian Civil Defence has said that the deputy director of its fire and rescue department was killed while trying to rescue wounded people after an Israeli strike destroyed a building in the centre of Khan Younis city.

According to the rescue organisation, Colonel Muhammad Osama Hamad was killed and eight other crew members injured when Israeli forces targeted the building a second time while they were working to recover the dead and wounded.

The strike is separate from the attack we reported earlier on Mawasi, west of Khan Younis city, which has killed at least 50 people.

Israeli forces "directly targeted" civil defence and Ministry of Health teams working to recover the dead and wounded in Mawasi, according to journalist Firas Abu Sharkh who was reporting from the scene.

"When we arrived at the scene, the civil defence teams and the Ministry of Health were directly targeted," he said.

"The rockets fell on civilians violently and indiscriminately. We tried to save them. The place is crowded with civilians and the tents are full of displaced people, and this is supposed to be a safe place."

The Israeli Army Radio has said that the attack on Mawasi had targeted Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif. 

This has not yet been confirmed.

Senior Hamas official Abu Zahri dismissed the claims as "nonsense".

"All the martyrs are civilians and what happened was a grave escalation of the war of genocide, backed by the American support and world silence," Abu Zahri told Reuters, adding that the attack showed Israel was not interested in reaching a ceasefire agreement. 

Gaza's health ministry said in a statement that Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis received 20 bodies and 90 wounded.

Reporting by Reuters

The Palestinian Ministry of Health has said that over 90 people injured in the Israeli attack on displaced people in Mawasi are being treated at Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis.

It said in a statement that the casualties included "serious cases" that staff are still working to treat.

Both the Nasser medical facility and the al-Kuwaiti field hospital are overwhelmed with wounded people following the attack, and struggling to treat them due to shortage of medical supplies.

An official at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis has said that they are overwhelmed with bodies and injured people following the Israel attack on Mawasi, Al Jazeera is reporting.

He said they had so far received 20 dead bodies and dozens of wounded people, adding that the medical teams do not have the capacity to treat any more.

Civil defence teams are working to recover bodies from the rubble.

Over 100 Palestinians, including civil defence staff, have been killed or injured in Israeli air strikes targeting the tents of displaced people in the Mawasi area of Khan Younis, Gaza's government media office has said in a statement.

Al Jazeera Arabic is reporting that over 50 Palestinians have been killed in the attack, citing medical sources.

The official death toll is still unknown.

"The Israeli occupation army conducted a big massacre by bombarding the tent camps of the displaced in Khan Younis. The horrifying massacre killed and wounded more than 100 people, including members of the Civil Emergency Service," the office said in a statement.

At least five Palestinians have been killed and dozens injured in an Israeli air strike on the Mawasi refugee camp, Al Jazeera Arabic is reporting.

Israeli jets reportedly fired five missiles at displaced Palestinians' tents and a water desalination unit.

Israeli forces declared Mawasi a "safe zone" after it ordered the evacuation of people from Rafah ahead of their incursion on the southern city in May.

Some 71,338 people in Gaza have been infected with viral hepatitis, according to the enclave's Government Media Office.

It added that more than 1.7 million Palestinians have been infected with diseases as a result of displacement.

It said 350,000 people with chronic diseases in Gaza are at great risk due to Israel barring the entry of medication into the strip.

An Israeli air strike has targeted a residential house in Mawasi, a designated "safe zone" west of Khan Younis, Al Jazeera is reporting.

Israeli forces declared the area a "safe zone" after ordering the evacuation of Palestinians from Rafah ahead of its incursion on the southern city in May.