The Israeli army has ordered a mass evacuation of Palestinians from the eastern half of Khan Younis. Monday’s order is a sign that Israeli troops could soon return to the southern city – the second-largest in Gaza. Israel ended an offensive in Khan Younis earlier this year and withdrew most of its forces. The evacuation […]
At least seven people have been killed and a further 22 have been injured in an Israeli air attack on Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, a staff member of the European Hospital in the city reported. A spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the report was being investigated. Reports from residents […]
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has suspended its work in Rafah after the Israeli army entered the southernmost city in the Gaza Strip. “UNRWA had to stop health and other critical services in Rafah,” the UN agency’s chief Philippe Lazzarini wrote on social media platform […]
The bodies of 73 people have been recovered from a mass grave near the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis in the south of the Gaza Strip, bringing the total to 283, the Hamas-controlled Civil Defence organization reported. Whether the bodies were those of Hamas fighters or civilians was not clear. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) […]
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Ramadan Abed KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip/CAIRO (Reuters) – Israeli troops fought their way back into an eastern section of Khan Younis in a surprise raid, residents said on Monday, sending people who had returned to abandoned homes in the ruins of the southern Gaza Strip’s main city fleeing once more. Elsewhere […]
This embedded content is not available in your region. The devastated landscape of their city feels unreal to the thousands of Palestinians who have been returning to Khan Younis in Gaza. Through the rubble of the streets, they have been filing back on bicycles, donkey carts and by foot, looking for their homes or what […]
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Streams of Palestinians filed into the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis on Monday to salvage what they could from the vast destruction left in the wake of Israel’s offensive, a day after the Israeli military announced it was withdrawing troops from the area. Many came back to the […]
Streams of Palestinians have filed into Khan Younis to salvage what they can from the vast destruction left in the wake of Israel’s attack on the southern Gaza city. Many came back to the Gaza Strip’s second-largest city a day after the Israeli military announced it was withdrawing troops from the area to find their […]
The Israeli army says it has withdrawn its forces from the city of Khan Younis, the biggest in the southern Gaza Strip, as its war against Palestinian Islamist group Hamas hits the six-month mark. “The IDF’s 98th commando division has concluded its mission in Khan Yunis. The division left the Gaza Strip in order to […]
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The Israeli military said on Sunday it intensified operations in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, destroying dozens of Hamas targets in a blitz of air and artillery strikes. The air force and artillery hit about 50 targets within six minutes, it said, in a bid to “intensify operational achievements in […]
Israeli special forces continued their deployment in the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis in the south of the Gaza Strip for a second day, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said. Thus far, 20 people suspected of involvement in the October 7 attacks have been detained, according to the IDF. It said that dozens of people had […]
Fierce fighting and renewed attacks by Israel in the south of the Gaza Strip have been continuing. “Intense Israeli bombardment from air, land, and sea continues to be reported across much of the Gaza Strip, particularly in and around Khan Younis,” the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported on Tuesday […]