An Israeli strike killed at least nine people in the southern Gaza town of Khan Younis, Palestinian health officials said on Tuesday, a day after Israel. ordering evacuation of parts of the city before a probable ground operation.
The overnight attack hit a house near the European Hospital, which is within the area that Israel said should be evacuated. After initial evacuation orders, the Army said the facility itself was not included, but its director says most patients and doctors have already been relocated.
Sam Rose, planning director for the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, known as UNRWA, said Tuesday that the agency believes about 250,000 people are in the evacuation zone — more than 10% of Gaza’s population. 2.3 million), including many who have fled. previous fights. He says another 50,000 people living just outside the area could also choose to leave due to their proximity to the fighting. Evacuees have been told to seek shelter in a sprawling tent camp along the coast that is already overcrowded and has few basic services.
Israel launched war in Gaza after Hamas attack on October 7in which militants swept into southern Israel, killing about 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and kidnapping about 250.
Since then, Israeli ground offensives and bombings have killed more than 37,900 people in Gaza, according to the territory’s report. Ministry of Health, which does not distinguish between combatants and civilians in its count. The war has largely cut off the flow of food, medicine and basic goods to Gaza, and the people there are now totally dependent on aid. The highest UN court has concluded that there is a “plausible risk of genocide” in Gaza – an accusation that Israel strongly denies.
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— Israel orders Palestinians to flee Khan Younisindicating a probable new assault on the southern Gaza city.
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—The lawsuit accuses Iran, Syria and North Korea to provide support for the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel.
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KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip – Palestinian health officials say an Israeli strike killed at least nine people in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis.
The night attack occurred after Israel ordered the evacuation from parts of the city on Monday ahead of a likely ground operation.
Records from the Nasser Hospital, where the dead and wounded were taken, show that the dead included three children and two women. Associated Press journalists at the hospital counted the bodies.
The attack hit a house near the European Hospital, which is within the area that Israel said should be evacuated. After initial evacuation orders, the Army said the facility itself was not included, but its director says most patients and doctors have already been relocated.
The army said it launched retaliatory strikes after Palestinian militants fired a barrage of about 20 projectiles into Israel from Khan Younis on Monday. There were no reports of casualties or damage from the rocket attack. The main United Nations agency providing aid in Gaza says the latest evacuation orders apply to about 250,000 people, many of whom have already been displaced. That’s more than 10% of Gaza’s population of 2.3 million.
BEIRUT – A United Nations official says around 250,000 people live in the southern Gaza areas where Israel has ordered another mass evacuation.
The Israeli army on Monday ordered new evacuations in and around the town of Khan Younis, which suffered widespread devastation during an offensive earlier in the year. It was the third mass evacuation ordered in less than three months.
Sam Rose, planning director for the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, known as UNRWA, said Tuesday that the agency believes about 250,000 people are in the evacuation zone — more than 10% of Gaza’s population. 2.3 million), including many who have fled before. struggle. He says another 50,000 people living just outside the area could also choose to leave due to their proximity to the fighting. Evacuees have been told to seek shelter in a sprawling tent camp along the coast that is already overcrowded and has few basic services.
Issam Shahwan, director of the European Hospital located within the evacuation zone, said the facility was almost evacuated and the last patients and doctors were waiting to be transported to other medical facilities. After issuing the initial evacuation order, the military clarified that it was not necessary to evacuate the European Hospital.
Palestinian militants fired a barrage of about 20 projectiles into Israel from Khan Younis on Monday, causing no casualties or damage.
More than a million Palestinians fled the southern city of Rafah in May after Israel launched operations there. Israeli forces have repeatedly returned to areas of Gaza where they had previously operated. Palestinians and aid groups say nowhere in the territory feels safe.
JERUSALEM – The mother of a well-known Israeli hostage who was freed from captivity in Gaza in a recent rescue operation has died, Ichilov Hospital said in a brief statement on Tuesday.
Liora Argamani, 61, who suffered from stage 4 brain cancer, had asked for the release of her daughter, Noa, saying she wanted to see her only child before she died.
Noa Argamani, who emerged as an icon of the hostage crisis after video of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack showed her being forced onto a motorcycle and screaming at her captors not to kill her. He was released along with three other hostages in early June in an Israeli military operation in central Gaza. Palestinian health officials said at least 274 Palestinians died.
The two met, but Yaakov Argamani, Noa’s father, said Liora was in a “very difficult situation” and barely registered seeing his daughter, Israeli media reported.
Hamas took about 250 hostages in its surprise attack on Israel and is still holding about 120 after most of the rest were freed during a ceasefire in November. About a third of those still detained are believed to be dead. About 1,200 people died in the attack. Israel’s current offensive, launched in response, has killed at least 37,900 Palestinians, according to Palestinian health officials, who not distinguishing between civilians and combatants in your count.
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