Israeli strikes burn displacement tents in Gaza's Khan Younis, mourners bid farewell to victims

Record ID: 1984125

  • Title: Israeli strikes burn displacement tents in Gaza's Khan Younis, mourners bid farewell to victims
  • Date: 18th March 2025
  • Summary: KHAN YOUNIS, GAZA (MARCH 18, 2025) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF BURNT DISPLACEMENT TENTS AND DEBRIS FOLLOWING ISRAELI STRIKES ON AL-MAWASI AREA / BELONGINGS AND DEBRIS ON THE GROUND (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) PALESTINIAN MAN, ZIAD AHMED, SAYING: “We woke up to the sound of strikes tonight, we woke up and got out of the tents to the street. They (Israeli military) fired a missile here ne
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  • Keywords: GAZA HAMAS ISRAEL KHAN YOUNIS STRIKES
  • Location: KHAN YOUNIS, GAZA
  • City: KHAN YOUNIS, GAZA
  • Country: Palestinian Occupied Territory
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Middle East
  • Reuters ID: LVA001962618032025RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: EDITOR PLEASE NOTE: EDIT CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES
    Burnt displacement tents, ash, and debris filled the Al-Mawasi area in Gaza's Khan Younis on Tuesday (March 18) after Israeli airstrikes hit the area, causing widespread destruction.
    Israeli air strikes pounded Gaza, killing 326 people, Palestinian health authorities said on Tuesday, and threatening a complete collapse of a two-month ceasefire as it vowed to use force to free its remaining hostages in the strip.
    "The tents were on fire, the women started screaming, and children were terrified," Palestinian man Ziad Ahmed said.
    At Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, mourners gathered around the bodies of victims, wrapped in shrouds on the ground. Some embraced one another, grieving their loss.
    The Israeli military said it hit dozens of targets, and that the attacks would continue for as long as necessary and extend beyond air strikes, raising the prospect that Israeli ground troops could resume fighting.
    The attacks were far wider in scale than the regular drone strikes Israel has said it has conducted recently against individuals or small groups of suspected militants, and follows weeks of failed efforts to agree an extension to the truce agreed on January 19.
    (Production: Hatem Khaled, Fadi Shana, Dina Sakr)
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