According to the Israeli army, operations are being expanded in and around the city and the Khan Younis refugee camp in the south of the Gaza Strip. Some terrorists have already been eliminated in this area, the statement said.
The army initially gave no further details about the plans in a statement on Friday. The army also killed dozens of armed Hamas members in several battles in the northern Gaza Strip.
Residents were urged to flee
Israel suspects that the leadership of the militant Palestinian organization Hamas is hiding in Khan Younis. The army had earlier urged the city’s residents to seek safety in Rafah, near the Egyptian border.
Twenty dead in attack on residential building
More than 20 people were killed in the bombing of a residential building in Khan Younis on Wednesday, according to medics and the Hamas-controlled Health Ministry. The information cannot be independently verified. An Israeli military spokesperson said they were investigating the new report. Ten people were killed and 12 others injured on Thursday in a new Israeli attack on a building near Al-Amal Hospital in Khan Younis, the Palestinian Red Crescent said.
The war was sparked by the worst massacre in Israel’s history, which terrorists from Hamas and other groups carried out in Israel on October 7. Israel responded with massive airstrikes and launched a ground offensive in late October. Given the catastrophic humanitarian situation in the closed coastal area and the large number of civilian casualties, Israel has recently come under increasing international pressure.
Camp planned for internally displaced persons
The rescue organization now wants to set up a camp for internally displaced people in the controversial Khan Younis. The organization announced this on Thursday evening at Platform Later, the capacity will be expanded to 1,000 tents to provide shelter for hundreds of displaced families, the report said. Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said at a news conference about the operations in Khan Younis: “Our task is to dismantle Hamas so that it no longer has military capabilities and can no longer govern.”
An Israeli airstrike in Rafah killed 20 Palestinians, according to the Gaza Strip health authority, which is controlled by the radical Islamist group Hamas. An authority spokesman said 55 others were injured.
Source: Krone
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