Nov 18, 2023 at 7:32 AM Update: an hour ago
Israel warns residents of Khan Younis to flee the southern city in the Gaza Strip. According to the Palestinian news agency, a bombing occurred on the night of Friday to Saturday HE DIED several people, including many children, died.
Pamphlets that Israel distributed across the city tell people to go to shelters. That appears to be an announcement of larger military operations in southern Gaza.
At least twenty Palestinians are said to have been killed in the bombing in Khan Younis. It would mainly concern children.
Israel recommends people settle west of Khan Younis, further away from the firing line and closer to humanitarian aid. That is also more towards the border with Egypt. The border crossing at Rafah is used to bring aid supplies into the area.
Israel wants to expel Hamas fighters from Khan Younis
“We are asking people to move. I know it is not easy for many of them, but we don’t want civilians to be caught in the crossfire,” Mark Regev, an aide to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, told reporters on Friday. MSNBC.
That would mean that hundreds of thousands of Palestinians who fled the Israeli attack on Gaza City to the south would have to move again. Together with the more than 400,000 residents of Khan Younis.
According to Regev, Israeli troops will have to enter the city to drive Hamas fighters out of underground bunkers and tunnels, but such a “huge operation” is not necessary in the less built-up areas in the west. “I’m pretty sure they won’t have to move again.”
The conflict explained
Image: An injured child is taken to hospital after an airstrike on Khan Younis (November 18), Getty Images
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