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.

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 soldiers operate in Gaza, July 16 2025

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

 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

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

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

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


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.

Israel's offensive on Hamas is stalled in the sands of Gaza - what's next for the IDF? - analysis

Operation “Gideon’s Chariots” was meant to decisively conquer Gaza, but months into the campaign, challenges remain as Hamas still holds control over the territory.

Tanks positioned in Jabalya in northern Gaza, June 18, 2025.

IDF kills Hezbollah terrorist in Kounine in south Lebanon

The IDF also allegedly struck targets in southern Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip, as well as the Kafr Kila municipality in south Lebanon

 IDF operatives in Lebanon, February 3, 2025.