Tag: Younis

Israeli forces storm Khan Younis hospital in bloodiest fighting of 2024

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 of the new year so far, stormed one hospital and placed another under siege on Monday, cutting the wounded off from trauma care, Palestinian officials said. Troops advanced for the first time into […]

Battle of Khan Younis threatens biggest hospital still functioning in Gaza

By Bassam Masoud and Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA/DOHA (Reuters) – Israeli forces fighting to seize the southern Gaza Strip’s main city pounded areas near the biggest hospital still functioning in the enclave on Thursday, sending patients and residents fleeing a battle they feared would lay the city to waste. The heaviest battle of the year so […]

Israel continues attacks in Khan Younis and central Gaza

Israeli forces are continuing their attacks in the city of Khan Younis and in the al-Maghazi refugee camp in the centre of the Gaza Strip. Israeli troops have attacked around 150 Hamas targets over the past day, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Wednesday morning. In Khan Younis, the largest city in the south […]

Expanding deployment in Khan Younis in south of Gaza Strip

Israeli units are “expanding” their operations in the area around the city of Khan Younis in the south of the Gaza Strip, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) posted on the social media platform X on Friday, without providing details. “The troops eliminated dozens of terrorists by means of air attacks, snipers and tank fire,” it […]