DRIVEN OUT

Israel orders Gaza evacuation as blitz kills 70, including journalist

- CHRIS HUGHES

AT least 70 Palestinians have been killed in fresh Israeli strikes, among them a journalist whose media tent was hit by a drone missile.

Gaza's Health Ministry said the deaths followed multiple air attacks around Khan Younis yesterday, while journalist Haydar Ibrahim al-Msaddar died in nearby Deir al-Balah.

Witnesses said the bombardment came less than an hour after Israel ordered an evacuation from the area previously named a safety zone.

Strikes across the Strip took the Palestinian death toll past 39,000.

Haydar Ibrahim al-Msaddar was the 163rd media worker to die since the war began.