Palestinian women react after Israel attacked a school - a shelter for displaced people, killing dozens of people in Gaza City on August 10. (Source: Reuters)

The move comes after rocket fire into southern Israel. Colonel Avichay Adraee, the IDF's Arabic-language spokesman, released a list of areas that need to be evacuated. The announcement calls on Palestinians in the designated areas to evacuate to humanitarian zones set up by Israel.

According to AP , the force said it would soon operate Khan Younis in response to Palestinian rocket fire. Khan Younis is the second largest city in the Gaza Strip that was extensively destroyed after air and ground fighting earlier this year.

The Gaza Strip is facing a dire humanitarian crisis, with Israeli restrictions on aid and ongoing fighting restricting access to medical supplies, food and other supplies. Gaza health authorities say the death toll in the territory is approaching 40,000.

Early on the morning of August 10, four rockets were launched into the residential community of Kissufim village, which borders Israel with Gaza, but there were no casualties. This prompted Israel to continue expanding its military operation in Khan Younis. Previously, the IDF had issued evacuation orders in other areas of Khan Younis.

A source in the United Nations (UN) Security Council (UNSC) said on August 10 that Algeria had requested a meeting of the Council following an Israeli attack on a school in Gaza City, a shelter for displaced Palestinians.

The source did not specify the date or location of the meeting. The UN Human Rights Office said Israel struck the crowded school at least three times during early morning prayers on 10 August, with initial reports saying at least 93 Palestinians were killed, including 11 children and six women. Dozens of others were said to be seriously injured, mostly children, women and the elderly. The Israeli military justified the attacks by saying the school was housing at least 20 Hamas and Islamic Jihad fighters, including senior commanders.

The UN estimates that Israel has carried out at least 21 attacks on schools sheltering displaced people in Gaza since July 4, killing at least 274 people. The Israeli military says the schools are used by Palestinian militant groups.

The Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the same day condemned Israel's actions in terms of international law and humanitarian standards. The Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs' statement also emphasized: "The Israeli army's deliberate killing of a large number of unarmed Palestinian civilians in the attack on Al-Taba'een School in the Gaza Strip is clear evidence of Israel's intention to prolong and expand the scope of the war, especially in the context of international mediators promoting efforts to achieve a ceasefire. The systematic and indiscriminate shelling by the Israeli army, as well as the killing of children and civilians, demonstrate the Israeli Government's disregard for international law and humanitarian standards."

The Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs calls on the international community and relevant countries to take a unified, serious and effective stance to protect the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and end the humanitarian disaster in the Mediterranean strip.