The latest developments so far today

The city of Khan Younis in southern Gaza saw heavy bombardment yesterday and overnight – now witnesses and local journalists are

One of the hospitals in the city has said it is “overwhelmed” with casualties

The Israeli military posted a map on social media urging civilians to leave an area to the north-east of Khan Younis –

An adviser to the Israeli PM rejected the assertion, made frequently by Gazans and aid agencies, that nowhere is safe in Gaza; he said there are “designated safer zones” and civilians are not targets

The health ministry in Gaza, which is run by Hamas, said 349 people have been killed there since its update yesterday – bringing the total to 15,899 since Israel began its military campaign in retaliation for the 7 October attacks, in which 1,200 people were killed

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said its ground offensive in Gaza is expanding

Earlier, an Israeli lawyer and women’s rights advocate told the BBC she had seen a number of first-hand eyewitness accounts of sexual violence perpetrated by Palestinian attackers against women in the 7 October attacks