israeli authorities have denied the who s claim. the israel defense forces are now telling civilians to leave areas around khan younis a city israel told civilians to flee to for safety earlier in the conflict. our diplomatic editor paul adams has more on the latest on the ground. so israeli ground forces, including tanks, other armoured vehicles and bulldozers, have been operating close to the city of khan younis in the southern gaza strip, the largest city in the southern gaza strip for the last couple of days. and it seems likely that an assault on the city may be coming fairly soon. but we are hearing that there are very, very heavy air strikes in parts of khan younis. some of those parts are areas that the israelis have told palestinians to evacuate. the un is saying though areas that everyone population of 350,000 so there is a fear being voiced by the un that we may see large numbers of palestinians on the move once again, some of them for the second, third, fourth,
and civilian infrastructure, including hospitals. israeli authorities have denied the who s claim. the israel defense forces are now telling civilians to leave areas around khan younis, a city israel told civilians to flee to for safety earlier in the conflict. our diplomatic editor paul adams has more on the latest on the ground. so israeli ground forces, including tanks, other armoured vehicles and bulldozers, have been operating close to the city of khan younis in the southern gaza strip, the largest city in the southern gaza strip for the last couple of days. and it seems likely that an assault on the city may be coming fairly soon. we are hearing that there are very, very heavy air strikes in parts of khan younis. some of those parts are areas that the israelis have told palestinians to evacuate. there is a very real fear voiced by the un that we may see large numbers of palestinians on the move once again, some of them for their second, third, fourth, fifth time. last