CONFLICT
Tientallen doden bij Israëls nieuwe offensief op Khan Younis
July 23, 2024 - At least 70 Palestinians have been killed according to Gaza’s health ministry, as Israeli forces launched a new ground operation around the southern city of Khan Younis.
The Palestinians were killed by tank salvoes in the town of Bani Suhaila and other towns fringing the eastern side of Khan Younis, with the area also bombarded from the air, Gaza medics said.
The Israeli military said in a statement evacuation orders to the population in eastern Khan Younis resulted from intelligence information indicating militants were firing rockets from those areas and Hamas was attempting to regroup.
Around 400,000 people were living in the targeted areas and dozens of families had begun to leave their houses, Palestinian officials said, adding they were not given time to get out of harm's way before the Israeli strikes began, according to Reuters.
- Israel sends tanks back into Khan Younis area, 70 killed after new evacuation order (Reuters)
- Israel orders evacuation of part of Gaza humanitarian zone (BBC)
- Israeli military orders evacuation of part of humanitarian zone in Gaza (AP)
- Gazans told to flee homes in Khan Younis as Israel prepares to launch operation (The National)
- Iran update (ISW)