Israeli forces raid Ramallah and other cities across the occupied West Bank.

      At least seven Palestinians killed in Israeli attack on Nuseirat camp, reports the Palestinian news agency Wafa, as Israel expands ground operation into central Gaza on Wednesday.

      World Health Organization says tens of thousands of Palestinians are fleeing central Gaza and Khan Younis, attempting to escape Israeli attacks.

      In Gaza, at least 21,100 people have been killed and 55,243 injured in Israeli attacks since October 7. The death toll from Hamas’s attack on Israel stands at 1,139.

    Three more Israeli soldiers killed, three seriously injured in Gaza

    A 22-year-old major in Israel’s 77th Battalion, a 24-year-old captain in the 52nd Battalion’s armoured brigade, and a 32-year-old deputy commander in the 198th battalion were killed in fighting in the south and central Gaza on Wednesday.

    The three seriously wounded received injuries in the same battles as the three deceased soldiers, Israel’s military said.

    The UN reports that 22 Israeli soldiers were killed over Tuesday and Wednesday in Gaza, bringing the total number of Israeli forces killed in the Palestinian territory to 162 since the ground invasion began two months ago.

    It was not known if the three latest deaths were included in the total death toll reported by the UN.

    Injured Palestinian grandfather comforts grandchild after Israeli strike on Gaza

    A video, posted on Instagram by photojournalist Attia Darwish, captures two survivors of an Israeli attack as they sit on a hospital floor after being rescued from the rubble of a destroyed building.

    The video, which is trending online, was verified by Al Jazeera’s fact-checking unit, Sanad, and shows a granddaughter being comforted by her injured grandfather.

    Several areas of southern Gaza, including Khan Younis and Rafah, were hit by Israeli strikes overnight, resulting in an undetermined number of casualties.

    Israeli ‘reinforcements’ sent to southern Gaza as fighting expands

    Israeli army spokesperson Daniel Hagari said that additional reinforcements have been sent into the southern part of the Palestinian territory on the outskirts of Khan Younis.

    The army says that they are, quote, “achieving” things there in the form of dismantling Hamas infrastructure and killing Hamas fighters.

    The Israeli army has been saying for a few days now that they are expanding their operations into the central part of the territory, near the refugee camps: al-Maghazi refugee camp, al-Bureij refugee camp, and al-Nuseirat refugee camp.

    Maghazi refugee camp, just around two days ago, witnessed an air strike that killed at least 106 Palestinians in one instant, making it one of the deadliest nights there since the war began.

    Additionally, the Israeli army are saying, for a third night in a row, those camps were hit quite hard as the Israeli army is looking to, quote, “eliminate” any sort of Hamas infrastructure in the central part of the territory.

    The Israeli army also says it continuously operates in the northern part of Gaza while trying to deepen their operations in the centre and the south.