The battle of Khan Yunis, which evolved into the siege of Khan Yunis in late January 2024, [23] began on 1 December 2023 in the midst of the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip.

Khan Yunis (Arabic: خان يونس, lit. 'Caravansary [of] Yunis [2] '), also spelled Khan Younis or Khan Yunus, is a Palestinian city serving as the capital of the Khan Yunis Governorate in the southern Gaza Strip. It has been largely destroyed on account of the ongoing Israel–Hamas war.

Oct 15, 2023 · Hundreds of thousands fled here from the north on whatever could carry them - cars if there was fuel, horse and cart if one could be found, their own feet if there was no other option. And what...

Feb 10, 2024 · The crater sits right in the middle of a residential neighborhood in central Khan Younis, the besieged city in southern Gaza that is the current epicenter of the war between Israel and Hamas.

The Khan Yunis massacre took place on 3 November 1956, perpetrated by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in the Palestinian town of Khan Yunis and the nearby refugee camp of the same name in the Gaza Strip during the Suez Crisis.

Jan 23, 2024 · The Israeli military says its ground forces have “encircled” the city of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip after 24 of its soldiers were killed in the enclave in its largest single-day toll...

Jan 7, 2025 · Five people, including three children, were killed and several wounded in a strike on a house in Khan Yunis, Gaza’s civil defense agency said.

Jan 23, 2024 · The Israeli military says its ground forces have encircled Khan Younis, the southern Gaza Strip's largest city.

Apr 8, 2024 · DEIR AL BALAH, Gaza Strip — Stunned Palestinians found their home city unrecognizable Monday as they filtered in to salvage what they could from the vast destruction left by Israeli troops who...

Jul 23, 2024 · Dozens of Palestinians have been killed and thousands more forced to flee after Israel launched a fresh ground assault against what it said were Hamas targets in the southern Gazan city of Khan...