Hamas says at least 19 Palestinians sheltering in a designated safe zone were killed in Israeli airstrikes in the southern part of the territory. Israel says its aircraft were targeting a command centre used by Hamas fighters, but local officials say 3 strikes hit camps of displaced people sheltering in tents in the supposed humanitarian safe zone of al-Mawasi. There’s also been a ramp-up of violence in the Israeli-controlled West Bank – with Israel struggling to contain a rising Palestinian insurgency. Overnight, the US accused Israeli troops of shooting dead an American activist during a protest in the area last week. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called the attack “unprovoked and unjustified” and he’s called for “fundamental changes” to the way the IDF operates in the West Bank.