Israel intensifies strikes across Gaza amid new evacuation orders in North

TheIsraeli army intensified its strikes across Gaza on Tuesday (April 23) as it carried out some of the heaviest shelling in weeks.

Meanwhile, fresh evacuations were ordered by the army in the north of the enclave, as it warned civilians that they were in a "dangerous combat zone".

The residents in central and southern areas of the Gaza Strip also reported strikes byair and shelling from tanks on the ground late on Tuesday (April 23).

Israeli army spokesperson Avichay Adraee, in a post onsocial media platform X, appealed to the residents of four zones in Beit Lahiya, located on the northern edge of Gaza, to shift to two designated areas.

He stated that the military "will work with extreme force against terrorist infrastructure and subversive elements" in the region.

In a statement, which was issued later onTuesday (April 23), the military said it "follows international law and takes feasible precautions to mitigate civilian harm."

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Israel renewed its bombing and shelling ofnorthern Gaza almost four monthsafter its army announced that it was moving down troops there and claimed that Hamas no longer controlled those areas.

Israelthis monthalso drew down most of its forces in southern Gaza.The bombardment took place on Tuesday after alerts were sounded regarding incoming rockets in two southern Israeli border towns, even though no casualties were reported.

The responsibility for the attacks on Sderot and Nir Am was claimed by thearmed wing of Islamic Jihad, which is a group allied to Hamas.

Hezbollah launches 'dozens' of rockets at Israel

Iran-backedHezbollahgroup fired dozens of rockets at northern Israelon Tuesday (April 23) while responding to the killing of two civilians in Lebanon's south in a strike which was blamed on Israel.

Israel has been exchanging regular fire with the Iran-backedHezbollahgroup in the south of Lebanon since October.

Hezbollahfighters fired "dozens of Katyusha rockets" at northern Israel "as part of the response to the Israeli enemy's attacks on... civilian homes, specifically the horrific massacre in Hanin and the killing and injuring of civilians," said the groupin a statement.

The local officials and rescuers stated that two members of the same family were killed in an Israeli strike on a house in Hanin, close to the Israeli border.

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Speaking to AFP, acivil defence source said that "a woman in her 50s and a 12-year-old girl have been killed" in the strike, whilemany others were injured and admitted to the hospital.

The deaths were confirmed byLebanon's National News Agency (NNA)whichstated that six otherswere wounded in the strike.

"Enemy warplanes carried out a raid on a two-storey house, firing two air-to-surface missiles andcompletelydestroying it," stated the NNA, further reporting that the building housed "a family that had not left... since Israeli attacks started".

(With inputs from agencies)