The IDF is operating in Khan Yunis due to intelligence indicating that terrorists were operating and firing rockets in the city, as well as efforts by Hamas to reassemble its forces there.
Three months after retreating from Khan Yunis, IDF restarts ground operations in the area, due to 'significant terrorist activity and rocket fire' in the area.
IDF warns Gazan civilians to evacuate part of Khan Yunis humanitarian area, due to increased terror activity in the area. 'Early warning intended to mitigate harm to civilian population.'
Israeli defense officials tell New York Times that the strike targeting Hamas’ military leader followed weeks of surveillance of a compound used by Rafa’a Salameh, the head of the group's Khan Yunis brigade.
Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant met with the fighter pilots and support teams that participated in the operation against top Hamas targets in Khan Yunis.
Rafa’a Salameh, in the area of Khan Yunis one of the closest associates of Mohammed Deif, the Commander of Hamas’ Military Wing, and was one of the masterminds of the October 7th Massacre.
IAF strikes Hamas terrorist who took part, among other terrorist activities, in the October 7 massacre in southern Israel. IDF probing reports of harm to civilians in Khan Yunis.
The municipality building contained an operational tunnel shaft connected to underground terror infrastructure and was used as a gathering point for Hamas terrorist operatives.
Approximately 20 rockets were fired within a short time from the Khan Yunis area in Gaza.
IDF strikes terrorists hiding on school campus in Khan Yunis, after the terrorists used the school as a Hamas headquarters from which to direct terror activities against the IDF.
According to report in The New York Times, Yahya Sinwar is not in Rafah, but remains in the tunnels in Khan Yunis - surrounded by hostages to use as human shields.
The IDF says that the fact that Gazans dug the grave outside the Nasser Hospital is corroborated by social media documentation uploaded by Gazans in January.
Avigdor Liberman says 'those who grovel in the morning receive rockets in the afternoon' after rockets fired from area IDF ground troops had just left.
IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi visits Khan Yunis, praises troops for successful Shifa Hospital operation.
In a raid on terrorist infrastructure, the forces found and seized arms including pistols, rifles, clips and ammo, weapons instruction booklets, mortars, explosives, military equipment, and documents with high intelligence value.
IDF forces found significant weapons stockpiled near a hospital in Khan Yunis during a recent raid.
Israeli forces have concluded a large-scale operation in the Hamad neighborhood of Khan Yunis.
IDF soldiers identified terror infrastructure and weapons belonging to the Hamas terrorist organization, eliminated terrorists at close range using tank fire, and neutralized threats positioned near the fence.
Tunnel containing weapons, explosives, and rocket launchers found under agricultural field near Gaza residential neighborhood.
After terrorists open fire on soldiers in Khan Yunis, 'Matador' missile eliminates them while avoiding harm to woman and 2 children in the next room.
IDF’s LOTAR Counter-Terrorism Unit carried out special and targeted missions in areas of Khan Yunis and located a weapons storage facility in the heart of a residential area.
The 98th Division initiated a divisional operation in Khan Yunis' Hamad neighborhood, where intelligence estimates many terrorists fleeing from fighting in other areas may be hiding.
The targets include a housing complex for the poor subsidized by Qatar. The attacks were preceded by a particularly intense bombardment.
7th Brigade combat team finds ammunition magazines, RPG missiles, explosives, Kalashnikov rifles, uniforms and Hamas military equipment in terrorists’ houses during battles in Khan Yunis.
Troops from Bislamach Brigade entered the heart of Khan Yunis and joined the activities of the 98th Division in the area in order to defeat the Hamas terrorist organization.
Soldiers in Khan Yunis found a house sign in Hebrew, and in short order located the Israeli couple to whom it had belonged as well.
In Khan Yunis, IDF forces identify, arrest terrorists attempting to hide among civilians being evacuated from the combat zones.
During operations in western Khan Yunis, IDF's 7th Brigade locates weapons inside UNRWA bags.
Kilometer-long tunnel used by Hamas leadership in Khan Yunis uncovered and destroyed.
Paratroopers Brigade soldiers located large quantities of weapons inside a building adjacent to a UN school in Khan Yunis. The school had been used as a humanitarian shelter for Gazan residents.
Video shows Shiri and her 4-year-old son Ariel and 9-month-old son Kfir in southern Gaza days after the massacre. Their current condition is unknown.
During the IDF forces' activity in the hospital, troops found boxes of medications with the names of Israeli hostages. The packages of medications that were found were sealed and were not given to the hostages.
IDF special forces are continuing to operate in the Nasser Hospital and areas adjacent to it in Khan Yunis, where they located additional weapons.
IDF helps repair broken generator at Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, supplies food for infants and water to the hospital.
IDF says the source of the medications and how they were used is currently under investigation.
IDF commandos continue to attack targets throughout Khan Yunis.
Dozens of terrorists arrested, mortar shells grenades and other weapons found during operation at Khan Yunis hospital used by Hamas for terrorist activity.
IAF strikes numerous Hamas targets throughout Gaza. 12 terrorists killed during battles in Khan Yunis.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemns the IDF’s operation in a Khan Yunis hospital which housed dozens of Hamas terrorists during the war.
IDF Spokesman Hagari says while IDF has intelligence about hostages' bodies being held in the hospital, they have yet to be found.
During the operations in the area, many terrorists were killed, and dozens arrested. Among them were terrorists who participated in the October 7th massacre.
Hamas leader apparently photographed on a security camera inside a Hamas tunnel in the Gaza Strip that the IDF reached in recent days.
Reserve soldier shocked to find desk with inscription saying it belonged to late Israeli Prime Minister in Khan Yunis home.
A Major (res.) in the IDF Paratrooper Brigade, comes home for the first time in four months, and tells it like it is. Op-ed.
IDF facilitated delivery of 20 oxygen tanks, additional medical equipment, to Al Amal Hospital in Khan Yunis.
During operations in Gaza, Soldiers raid terrorist infrastructure and locate weapons, mortars, combat equipment, means for underground warfare, long-range missiles and RPG missiles.
Battalion 7421 moved from place to in the Gaza Strip, fighting Hamas terrorists. Everywhere they went, they were accompanied by the battalion's Torah scroll.
Tel Aviv Rabbinical Court Judge and Givati soldier, Avraham Zarbiv, threw a hand grenade at terrorists in Khan Yunis and killed them.
IDF troops from the Paratroopers Brigade killed dozens of terrorists in Khan Yunis over the past 24 hours.
IDF releases footage of Egoz Unit's battles in Khan Yunis, where soldiers found UN, UNRWA, and humanitarian supplies in building used by terrorists during battle.
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant in statement on the war in the Gaza Strip: 3 of 4 Hamas battalions in Khan Yunis have been disbanded and the fourth will be disbanded very soon
IDF releases footage from Khan Yunis showing soldiers' response to terrorist who threw a grenade at them and ran at them with a knife.
The Givati Brigade conducted a targeted raid on the "Al-Qadsia" compound, which serves as the main base of the Khan Yunis Brigade.
AK-47s found in building used by Hamas commander to direct terrorist group's war against Israel.
IDF troops killed over 20 terrorists in western Khan Yunis primarily during close-quarters combat. Israeli Naval troops struck terror targets across the Gaza Strip coastline as part of the effort to assist the troops operating on the ground.
Defense Minister Gallant visited Khan Yunis where he was briefed on operational efforts above and below the ground in the area.
The 55th Brigade has left Khan Yunis after two months of operations in the town during which 70 tunnel shafts were dismantled and numerous terrorist operatives were eliminated.
Since the ground operations began, Unit 414 has located over 100 terrorist tunnel shafts, destroyed about 200 enemy infrastructure, and dozens of rocket and mortar launchers.
The barrage on central Israel was launched while reporter Nitzan Shapira was touring the Khan Yunis region. He immediately called the cameraman who managed to record the launch.
So far, hundreds of tunnel shafts have been located and destroyed, some leading to significant strategic Hamas tunnels.
