Gaza's civil defence agency said the Israeli military issued evacuation calls Wednesday as it heavily bombarded the northern town of Beit Lahia as part of an intensive two-month operation.Agency spokesman Mahmud Basal said the military used loudspeakers on drones to tell displaced people sheltering in a school to leave,

An Israeli air strike on the Gaza Strip has killed at least five people, including four children, Palestinian medics said. The Awda Hospital, which received the bodies, said the five were gathered outside shelters in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza.