Gaza’s health system ‘on its knees,’ as Israel pushes into Khan Younis

Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave JERUSALEM – International pressure on Israel to halt its war in Gaza intensified Sunday as Israeli tanks and troops pushed into the center of Khan Younis, the largest city in southern Gaza, and diplomats and U.N. officials gave increasingly dire warnings over the lack of food and … Read more

Israelis battle Hamas in Khan Younis amid fears for displaced people

Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave AMMAN — Israeli forces battled Hamas militants in the streets in several locations across Gaza on Thursday, claiming they were closing in on the hideouts of key commanders as the United Nations appealed for an urgent end to the war to avert an imminent “humanitarian catastrophe.” Some … Read more

Israel forces enter Khan Younis as Gazans flee to overcrowded Rafah

Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave JERUSALEM — Fighting intensified in southern Gaza Wednesday, further dashing hopes that a section of the enclave where hundreds of thousands of civilians have fled in search of refuge would be spared the scale of combat that leveled much of northern Gaza. Israel Defense Forces said it … Read more

Latest Israel-Hamas war news and hostage updates: IDF in ‘heart’ of southern Gaza’s Khan Younis

Israeli forces pierced deeper into the Gaza Strip as part of a new phase of the war, an incursion into the enclave’s south after aerial and ground attacks in the north. The Israeli army is present “in the heart of the Khan Younis region” in southern Gaza, as well as the Jabalya and Shejaiya regions … Read more