Gaza, January 26: At least 183 people have been killed and 377 wounded throughout the enclave in 24 hours, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.

Refugee camps and public facilities across Khan Younis relentlessly targeted by Israeli artillery shelling as snipers shoot at Palestinians leaving al-Amal Hospital.

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) will rule on South Africa’s request for “provisional measures” against Israel over its alleged genocide in Gaza; the top UN court could order Israel to halt its offensive against the Palestinian territory.

At least 26,083 people have been killed and 64,487 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7. The death toll in Israel from the October 7 Hamas attacks stands at 1,139.

Hussein al-Sheikh, the secretary-general of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), has condemned the Israeli expansion of its buffer zone within the Gaza Strip, warning of the repercussions on the future of the territory.

The expansion has cut off “approximately 20 percent of its area and destroying thousands of homes and agricultural lands”, al-Sheikh said in a post on X.

“We call on the countries of the world and the UN Security Council to stop these occupation measures and demand that Israel withdraws immediately and stop its destructive war against the Palestinian people.”

The Israeli army has called on residents of a number of neighbourhoods west of the city of Khan Younis to evacuate their homes and go to the nearby area of Al-Mawasi in the southern Gaza Strip.

“To the residents of the Khan Younis area in the neighbourhoods of Al-Nasr, al-Amal, the city centre and the refugee camp in blocks 107-112: for your safety, you must immediately move to the humanitarian zone in Al-mawasi via Al-Bahr Street,” the army said in a post on X.

The Israeli army spokesman, Avichay Adraee, published a map of the areas that must be evacuated, in addition to the announcement.

Israeli forces have repeatedly called on Palestinians to leave their homes to “safe areas”, but has targeted groups of displaced people several times, resulting in dozens of people killed and wounded.