The Latest Breaking News from Khan Younis

Israeli airstrikes hit near Damascus, says Syria – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Dec 1, 2023

‘Save what remains of Gaza’, hospital director says after Israel bombing

The burden on the few remaining hospitals operating in central and southern Gaza Strip has increased.

Al Jazeera · Nov 29, 2023

IDF messaging suggests Gaza truce unlikely to last much beyond Tuesday

Many expect pause to be extended if more hostages are released, but experts predict military campaign could run into next year

The Guardian - UK · Nov 26, 2023

‘Relief’ in war-torn Gaza as truce takes effect in Israel-Hamas war

Aid begins to trickle in to Gaza as the first pause begins after seven weeks of hostilities between Israel and Hamas.

Al Jazeera · Nov 24, 2023

‘We are overwhelmed’: southern Gaza’s exhausted doctors forced to leave children to die

A surgeon at one of the territory’s last functioning hospitals tells of desperate conditions amid an acute lack of medicine

The Guardian - UK · Nov 24, 2023

Diseases spread in Gaza amid water and sewage crisis, cholera feared

Gastrointestinal diseases and respiratory and skin infections are rising amid Israel war, UN agencies say.

Al Jazeera · Nov 19, 2023

Israeli airstrikes kill 80 in Palestinian refugee camp

Fears mount for Gaza refugees as nowhere is deemed safe for civilians in effort to destroy Hamas

The Guardian - UK · Nov 18, 2023

Gaza’s food is running out amid Israel’s ‘war of starvation’

Closure of crossings to the Gaza Strip, displacement of thousands and bombing of bakeries have worsened the food crisis.

Al Jazeera · Nov 18, 2023

Joe Biden says Gaza and West Bank should be ‘reunited’ under Palestinian Authority; reiterates call for two-state solution – as it happened

In Washington Post on Saturday, Biden writes: ‘After this war is over, the voices of Palestinian people … must be at the center of post-crisis governance’

The Guardian - AU · Nov 18, 2023

Israeli air strikes kill 28 Palestinians in southern Gaza

Dozens of people remain under the rubble after attacks on two residential areas in Khan Younis.

Al Jazeera · Nov 18, 2023