Morning update

Good morning Middle East Eye readers, 

Here are the latest updates from the Israeli war on Gaza, now in its 369th day:

• Israeli forces are attacking the Kamal Awdan hospital in Beit Lahia, alongside other medical facilities in the northern Gaza Strip. Heavy artillery shelling was reported Wednesday morning in its vicinity. 

• Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Awdan hospital, said Israeli forces told him Tuesday night that he and everyone in the hospital must leave within 24 hours or face the same fate as the al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City. Israel forces destroyed the al-Shifa hospital in April. 

• Abu Safiya said the renewed attack on hospitals in northern Gaza is part of Israel's latest attempt to force the population to go from north Gaza to south, and empty the area of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians living there. 

• The attacks come following a new ground offensive launched by the Israeli military in northern Gaza on Saturday. The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor said the latest campaign was Israel's latest attempt to "forcibly transfer" the population south. 

• Meanwhile, local reports said Israeli forces are laying siege to the Jabalia refugee camp and attacking it fiercely. This is the third Israeli ground assault on the camp since the start of the war. 

• At least 17 Palestinians have been killed this morning so far in shelling in central and northern Gaza, according to local media. 

• Meanwhile, in Lebanon, Israeli fighter jets carried out air strikes in Beirut's Dahiyeh, the eastern Bekaa Valley and Baalbek overnight, according to local media.  

• In the south, Hezbollah released several statements claiming attacks on Israeli troops attempting to advance into border villages. The Israeli military said on Wednesday that three soldiers were seriously wounded in fighting in Lebanon.