Khan Yunis

Khan Yunis is one of the largest cities in the Gaza Strip, second in size only to Gaza City. It is the largest urban center in southern Gaza. 

It has been the location of fierce fighting between the IDF and Hamas amid Operation Swords of Iron, the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas, at the time of writing.

IDF says Gaza terrorists launched rockets at aid distribution site in Rafah

The rocket fell approximately 250 meters from the aid distribution site adjacent to the Morag Corridor in the Rafah area.

Palestinians gather to collect aid supplies after trucks loaded with aid entered from Israel through central Gaza, in Gaza City, July 22, 2025
 IDF troops operate in the Gaza Strip, July 20, 2025.

Sources: Potential Hamas deal may lead to withdrawal to Jan. Gaza security perimeter

 A before (R) and after (L) side-by-side showing Izzadine Haddad, Commander of Hamas's Gaza City Brigade, in a photo found which appears to show an altered appearance, July 2025.

Senior Hamas commander altered appearance to hide from IDF, Arabic spox. says

 IDF soldiers operate in Gaza, July 16 2025

IDF finishes new 15 km. Magen Oz Corridor splitting critical Hamas-controlled city of Khan Yunis


More than 20 Palestinian civilians trampled, killed at GHF food site

The US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation accused Hamas of formenting unrest, and posted photos of the alleged attacker.

 Palestinians gather to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen, amid a hunger crisis, as the Israel-Hamas conflict continues, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, January 2, 2025

Gaza hostage talks stalled by Knesset recess, not IDF troop placement - analysis

It seems that Netanyahu purposely waited to pull out the Morag Corridor issue to temporarily muddy talks just a bit longer until it is closer to the Knesset recess date of July 27.

 IDF soldiers operate in the Morag Corridor, in the southern Gaza Strip.

IDF targets Hamas, PIJ explosives, observation posts in bid to stop ambushes on troops

On Tuesday, the IDF announced that five soldiers were killed, and 14 were wounded in Beit Hanun by an explosive device Hamas terrorists planted.

 IDF soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip, July 12, 2025.

IDF confirms deaths of key PIJ terrorists, one of whom infiltrated Israel on Oct. 7

Additionally, the military killed a terrorist cell in Khan Yunis, and dismantled a terror tunnel approximately one kilometer long.

 The IDF and Shin Bet struck and killed the Commander of the Shejaiya Sector in the Islamic Jihad Terrorist Organization Fadl Abu al-Ata and Hamed Kamel Abd al-Aziz Iyad

IDF soldier Abraham Azulay killed in Khan Yunis during attempted abduction

Azulay fought back and was killed by gunfire. A security team at the scene opened fire, struck several terrorists, and thwarted the abduction attempt.

 St.-Sgt.-Maj. (res.) Abraham Azulay.

If there is a ceasefire tomorrow, were the last four months of fighting 'worth it?' - analysis

How much more did Israel really defeat Hamas than it had already done, and how much did it lose in doing so?

 IDF soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip, July 8, 2025.

IDF kills Nukhba terrorist responsible for Oct. 7 attack on Kibbutz Magen gas station

Abu Ayadeh led a platoon of Nukhba terrorists during Hamas's October 7 massacre, infiltrating a gas station in Kibbutz Magen, the IDF stated.

 Hamas Nukhba terrorists (illustrative).

Anti-tank missile fire kills Sgt. Asaf Zamir, wounds four in southern Gaza

During the incident in which Zamir was killed, two soldiers in the 53rd Armored Corps Battalion, 188th Battalion were severely wounded.

 IDF announces death of Sgt. Asaf Zamir, 19, in southern Gaza, July 4, 2025.

WATCH: IDF takes operational control of two-thirds of Gaza Strip

The Israeli air force struck over 100 terror targets across Gaza in the past 24 hours, the IDF said earlier.

 IDF troops operating in Gaza, July 4, 2025.

IDF strikes Gaza terror cell after it fired rockets at Israel, strikes 150 targets in Strip

The IDF said the strikes hit terrorists, underground routes, military structures, weapons, and sniper posts.

 IDF operates in the Gaza Strip, July 3, 2025.

IDF confirms aircraft killed two Hamas terrorists responsible for death of seven soldiers

All seven were soldiers in the 605th Combat Engineering Battalion of the 188th Brigade.

 IDF troops operate in southern Gaza, July 2, 2025.