Israel-Gaza-Lebanon updates: Netanyahu calls UN troops Hezbollah 'human shields'

At least 28 Palestinians were killed in a single attack on a school in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, according to the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry.

Children are believed to be among the casualties in the attack on the Rufaydah school. The Israel Defense Forces said it was targeting a Hamas "command and control center" in what it called a "precise strike."

The strike occurred in the central region of the devastated strip, where Palestinians from the north have been ordered to evacuate by the IDF.

In the north, Israel is continuing an intense military operation in the Jabalia refugee camp, which is now sealed off and under IDF siege. This is the fourth major IDF operation in Jabalia since the start of the war.

The IDF, meanwhile, said it downed a drone launched into Israel from Gaza, with no injuries reported.

-ABC News' Samy Zyara, Diaa Ostaz, Zoe Magee, Jordana Miller, Victoria Beaule and Joe Simonetti.

Around 25% of Lebanese territory is now under Israel Defense Forces evacuation orders, the United Nations said.

New "displacement orders" are being "issued on a daily basis," the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said in a situation update, noting that more than 100 villages and urban areas in southern Lebanon are affected.

A total of 1.2 million people across the country have been displaced by Israeli air and ground attacks, the report said, citing OHCHR figures.

-ABC News' Joe Simonetti

The Israel Defense Forces issued another evacuation order in an area of Dahieh in Beirut, Lebanon, right after midnight Thursday local time.

"You are located near Hezbollah facilities and interests, against which the IDF will operate in the near future," the order read.

"For your safety and the safety of your family members, you must evacuate this building and the surrounding buildings immediately and stay away from them for a distance of no less than 500 meters," the IDF added.

-ABC News' Ellie Kaufman

Former President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke by phone "about a week ago," the Israeli Prime Minister's Office confirmed to ABC News.

Trump called Netanyahu "on his own initiative," Netanyahu's office said.

Trump "congratulated" Netanyahu on "the determined and powerful actions that Israel carried out against Hezbollah," the prime minister's office said.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., also participated in the call, Netanyahu's office said.

-ABC News' Jordana Miller