Palestinian health officials say an Israeli strike has killed at least nine people in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis.
The overnight strike came after Israel ordered the evacuation of parts of the city on Monday ahead of a likely ground operation.
Records at Nasser Hospital, where the dead and wounded were taken, show that three children and two women were among those killed.
Associated Press reporters at the hospital counted the bodies.
The strike hit a home near the European Hospital, which is inside the zone that Israel said should be evacuated.
After the initial evacuation orders, the military said the facility itself was not included, but its director says most patients and medics have already been relocated.
The military said it launched retaliatory strikes after Palestinian militants fired a barrage of some 20 projectiles into Israel from Khan Younis on Monday.
There were no reports of casualties or damage from the rocket attack.
The main United Nations agency providing aid in Gaza says the latest evacuation orders apply to some 250,000 people, many of whom have already been displaced.
That is more than 10% of Gaza’s population of 2.3 million.
About 250,000 people live in the latest mass-evacuation zone ordered by Israel, UNRWA official says.
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