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The Israeli army says it has withdrawn its forces from the city of Khan Younis, the biggest in the southern Gaza Strip, as its war against Palestinian Islamist group Hamas hits the six-month mark.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 […]
Fighting continuedon Saturday in the city of Khan Younis in the south of the Gaza Strip, with further casualties being inflicted on Palestinian forces, according to the Israeli military. Three Palestinians who had planted explosives near Israeli troops were killed in an airstrike, while soldiers killed “numerous armed terrorists at close range,” officials said. In […]
Israel’s army reported on Friday that it is continuing its intensive fighting in the southern city of Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip as soldiers attacked dozens of targets of the Palestinian Islamist organization Hamas. “Terrorists were killed by the troops during fighting in the area,” the army said, adding that there were several casualties […]
The Israeli army is calling on more Palestinian residents of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip to flee. People in four more neighbourhoods should go to a designated safe zone established near the Mediterranean coast, an army spokesman said on X, formerly Twitter. The United Nations, aid agencies and Palestinians say it is impossible […]
* LATEST DEVELOPMENTS: * Thousands of displaced Palestinians who took refuge from Israeli shelling in U.N. compound in Khan Younis preparing to flee south to Rafah after Israeli forces nearby ordered them to leave, residents and journalists there told Reuters. * Gaza health ministry spokesman says Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis is operating at only […]
The Israeli army said on Tuesday it was intensifying its campaign in Khan Younis, the main city in southern Gaza where Israeli officials believe Hamas’ military leaders have their stronghold. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said that troops have “carried out an extensive operation during which they encircled Khan Younis and deepened the operation in […]
By Bassam Masoud, Nidal al-Mughrabi and Dan Williams GAZA/DOHA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli forces, advancing deep into western Khan Younis in Gaza’s bloodiest fighting so far in January, stormed one hospital and put another under siege on Monday, cutting the wounded off from trauma care, Palestinian officials said. Troops advanced for the first time into the al-Mawasi […]
* LATEST DEVELOPMENTS: * Israeli forces storm Al-Khair hospital in western Khan Younis, Palestinians say * Relatives of Israeli hostages burst into parliamentary session demanding more efforts to free them By Bassam Masoud, Nidal al-Mughrabi and Dan Williams GAZA/DOHA/JERUSALEM, Jan 22 (Reuters) – Israeli forces, advancing deep into western Khan Younis in Gaza’s bloodiest fighting […]