The Latest Breaking News from Khan Younis

As war continues to devastate Gaza and its people, we learnt last week that a variant of poliovirus has been detected in the region. The virus was isolated in six sewage samples collected in late June from Khan Younis and Deir al Balah.

Israel’s 9-month-old war with Hamas in Gaza has decimated the territory’s medical system

The US secretary of state reportedly told senior Israeli leaders they must do more to reduce civilian casualties

Deir Al-Balah, in central Gaza Strip, says it can no longer provide drinking water after running out of fuelSee all our Israel-Gaza war coverage

Hamas said Sunday that ceasefire negotiations are ongoing and the group's military leader Mohammed Deif was "fine" despite Israel's attack on a humanitarian camp outside Khan Younis Saturday that it said had targeted him and killed more than 90 Palestinians. Israel on Sunday said that Hamas brigade commander Rafa Salama,…

After Israeli airstrikes on a school and a humanitarian zone, survivors and officials tell of a ‘daily vision of horror’

Airstrikes add to one of deadliest weeks amid uncertainty over whether Hamas has withdrawn from ceasefire talks

Health officials say at least 71 people killed and 289 injured by strike on camp for displaced people in Khan Younis

An Israeli air strike that hit the densely populated Al-Mawasi area previously designated as a humanitarian safe zone near the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis on Saturday killed at least 90 people and wounded nearly 300, according to health authorities in the Hamas-run Palestinian enclave. The Israeli army said…

Only a third of Gaza’s hospitals are open, supplies are running out, and medics are forced to amputate limbs without anaesthetic or antiseptic to save patients. Bel Trew speaks to a number of hospital staff about the harrowing scenes they face

Seven House Democrats have so far called for president to quit. Plus, Israeli strike on Khan Younis shelter kills at least 25