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Israel’s military yesterday ordered mass evacuations in southern Gaza in the wake of its deadly strike on a school. The latest evacuation orders cover Khan Younis – Gaza’s second largest city – and part of an Israeli-declared humanitarian zone, from which the military says rockets have been fired.
![Tens of thousands had already fled due to a separate evacuation order last week. It comes after the city suffered widespread destruction during an air and ground offensive earlier this year.](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/08/12/09/88421585-0-image-a-19_1723451359979.jpg)
Tens of thousands had already fled due to a separate evacuation order last week. It comes after the city suffered widespread destruction during an air and ground offensive earlier this year.
![On Saturday, an Israeli airstrike hit a mosque inside a school in Gaza City, where thousands of people were sheltering. The Gaza health ministry said 80 people were killed and 50 wounded.](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/08/12/09/88421589-0-image-a-20_1723451369515.jpg)
On Saturday, an Israeli airstrike hit a mosque inside a school in Gaza City, where thousands of people were sheltering. The Gaza health ministry said 80 people were killed and 50 wounded.
![Israel disputed this, saying it killed 19 Hamas and Islamic Jihad militants in a precise strike, releasing what it said were their names and photos.](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/08/12/09/88427205-0-image-a-22_1723451413720.jpg)
Israel disputed this, saying it killed 19 Hamas and Islamic Jihad militants in a precise strike, releasing what it said were their names and photos.
![One of those evacuating early yesterday was Ramadan Issa (not pictured), a father of five, who joined hundreds of people walking towards central Gaza.](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/08/12/09/88421595-0-image-a-23_1723451430113.jpg)
One of those evacuating early yesterday was Ramadan Issa (not pictured), a father of five, who joined hundreds of people walking towards central Gaza.
!['Every time we settle in one place and build tents for women and children, [Israel] comes and bombs the area,' he said. 'This situation is unbearable.'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/08/12/09/88427253-0-image-a-27_1723451528770.jpg)
‘Every time we settle in one place and build tents for women and children, [Israel] comes and bombs the area,’ he said. ‘This situation is unbearable.’
![Now in the tenth month of the conflict, the health ministry says the Palestinian death toll is approaching 40,000, and experts have warned of famine.](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/08/12/09/88427243-0-image-a-24_1723451449049.jpg)
Now in the tenth month of the conflict, the health ministry says the Palestinian death toll is approaching 40,000, and experts have warned of famine.
![The evacuation comes amid rising tensions with Iran, after it vowed to retaliate against Israel following the killing of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh last month.](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/08/12/09/88388467-0-image-a-25_1723451463462.jpg)
The evacuation comes amid rising tensions with Iran, after it vowed to retaliate against Israel following the killing of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh last month.
![Tehran yesterday announced that its Revolutionary Guards were holding drills close to the border with Iraq until tomorrow.](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/08/12/09/88427123-0-image-a-26_1723451489893.jpg)
Tehran yesterday announced that its Revolutionary Guards were holding drills close to the border with Iraq until tomorrow.
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