- Title: Palestinians in Gaza mourn relatives killed in overnight Israeli strikes
- Date: 24th March 2025
- Summary: KHAN YOUNIS, GAZA (MARCH 24, 2025) (REUTERS) PALESTINIANS GATHERED MEN CARRYING COVERED BODY/MOVING AMONG CROWD VARIOUS OF PEOPLE GATHERED AROUND BODY PLACED ON THR GROUND WOMAN CRYING OVER BODY (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) RELATIVE OF ONE OF THE PEOPLE KILLED IN ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE, AHMED ABU HARB, SAYING: “Five martyrs were assassinated (killed) at night, (at) around 2 o’clock, af
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- Keywords: Funeral Gaza Israel Khan Younis Palestinians
- Location: KHAN YOUNIS, GAZA
- City: KHAN YOUNIS, GAZA
- Country: Palestinian Occupied Territory
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Middle East
- Reuters ID: LVA001118824032025RP1
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- Story Text:Palestinians in Gaza’s Khan Younis on Monday (March 24) bid farewell to their loved ones, killed in Israeli strikes overnight.
One man said his relatives were killed in their tent.
Israeli military strikes across the Gaza Strip killed at least 21 Palestinians, local health authorities said on Monday, as Israeli forces operated in Rafah near the border with Egypt, escalating a new week-long aerial and ground offensive.
Health officials said Israel has killed nearly 700 Palestinians since it resumed attacks on Gaza last Tuesday, ending weeks of relative calm after a ceasefire in January. It said the deaths included at least 400 women and children.
Islamist group Hamas said several of its senior political and security officials had also been killed.
Israel says it resumed its military operations to force Hamas to release the remaining hostages it is holding in Gaza.
It says it does its best to reduce harm to civilians and has questioned the death toll by health authorities in the Hamas-run enclave.
Palestinian officials on Sunday put the death toll from nearly 18 months of conflict at over 50,000.
Israel launched its offensive in Gaza after Hamas fighters stormed southern Israel on October 7, 2023, killing 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking more than 250 hostages, according to Israeli tallies.
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