The Israeli military has issued a new evacuation order in Khan Younis, which is located in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. It has cited activities by Hamas fighters as a reason. The United Nations says more than 70,000 people have been displaced in the Gaza Strip over the last few days.
The evacuation order was issued on Sunday, and it covers part of an Israeli-designated humanitarian zone.
Footage taken on Sunday shows people laden with their belongings traveling in cars and on donkeys.
Philippe Lazzarini is the commissioner-general of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, or UNRWA. On Sunday, he wrote on social media that more than 75,000 people have been displaced in the southwestern part of the Gaza Strip over the past few days. He added that people in the territory have nowhere else to go.
Authorities in Gaza say that more than 100 people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a school in Gaza City. Displaced people were sheltering there. The attack is drawing heavy international criticism.
The Israeli military claims the school is a Hamas stronghold, and it says it killed 19 fighters.
UN diplomatic sources say arrangements are underway for the UN Security Council to hold an emergency meeting about the airstrike as early as Tuesday.