Khan Yunis

Several figures emerge as next leaders of Hamas in Gaza, but who will end up leading? - analysis

Although Hamas only controls half of Gaza, it still runs the lives of 2 million civilians and seeks out new leadership amid targeted eliminations by the IDF.

(Illustrative) Palestinian members of al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement.
 Palestinian fighters from the armed wing of Hamas take part in a military parade to mark the anniversary of the 2014 war with Israel, near the border in the central Gaza Strip, July 19, 2023.

IDF kills leader of central Hamas funds network who transferred millions to military wing

Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike at the Ghaith Camp west of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, January 31, 2026

Hamas ramping up 'psychological warfare' on Gazans, Khan Yunis militia leader tells 'Post'

A still from the video footage of terrorist Ahmad Bayouk during the October 7 massacre.

IDF strikes October 7 terrorist, PIJ commander in Gaza following ceasefire violations


IDF destroys over 130 Hamas targets in weekend operations in Gaza

Additionally, an airstrike on July 24, 2025, in the central Gaza Strip killed Salah al-Din Za‘atra, deputy commander of Hamas’s al-Furqan Battalion.

IDF soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip, August 2, 2025.

IDF transports 52 aid packages into Gaza as counterterror ops. continue

Khan Yunis is also the location of one of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation's sites.

Weapons, munitions seized by the IDF in Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, July 28, 2025.

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

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

In January, the IDF withdrew from all deeper portions of Gaza it had been in, in Gaza City, Khan Yunis, Rafah, and central Gaza to a security perimeter of around 700-1,100 meters around the border

 IDF troops operate in the Gaza Strip, July 20, 2025; illustrative.

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

A photo that shows how Izzadine Haddad, the commander of Hamas's Gaza City Brigade, changed his appearance was found in a terror tunnel under Khan Yunis's European Hospital.

 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.

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

The announcement of the corridor came as Israel and Hamas continue to dispute the issue of military withdrawal during a ceasefire.

 IDF soldiers operate in Gaza, July 16 2025

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