Southern Gaza

Israel orders new evacuations in southern Gaza, prompting transfer of hospital patients

CNN — The Israeli military issued new evacuation orders on Monday for areas in southern Gaza, including eastern Khan Younis and Rafah. This forced residents, many already displaced, to find new shelter, due to the suggestion of the possibility of another ground operation. The Gaza European Hospital in Khan Younis, one of the territory’s last …

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Egypt Independent July 2, 2024

Israel confirms its forces are in central Rafah, defying international condemnation of operation in southern Gazan city

CNN — The Israeli military is in central Rafah, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed in a statement Friday, despite international concern and anger over its military operation in Gaza’s southernmost city. The IDF statement confirms what eyewitnesses told CNN earlier this week, when tanks were spotted in central Rafah for the first time since …

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Egypt Independent June 1, 2024

War on Gaza: Mass exodus from Rafah as Israel presses assault on southern city

War on Gaza: Mass exodus from Rafah as Israel presses assault on southern city Palestinians too traumatised to speak as

Middle East Eye May 29, 2024

Dozens more bodies found in mass grave at hospital in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza

Emergency workers on Tuesday recovered at least 35 more bodies from a mass grave within the Nasser medical complex, in southern Gaza, after Israeli forces withdrew from the neighborhood earlier this month. The total number of bodies found increased to 310, Colonel Yamen Abu Suleiman, the director of Civil Defense in Khan Younis, told CNN, …

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Egypt Independent April 23, 2024

Israeli offensive in Rafah would be devastating, says US nurse who cared for Palestinians in southern Gaza

An American nurse who treated Palestinians in the coastal town of Al-Mawasi warned a looming Israeli ground assault on the nearby southern Gaza city of Rafah would be “the ultimate demise.” In February, Amy Leah Potter set up an improvised primary health care clinic in the coastal town with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). She told …

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Egypt Independent March 26, 2024