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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 366

Khan Younis

People inspect a destroyed classroom in the aftermath of Israeli bombardment on the disused Palestinian Muscat Governmental School, in Gaza City on October 2, 2024. (Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP)
October 2, 2024, 10:06 pm
IDF says it struck Hamas command centers embedded in disused Gaza schools
Citing Hamas-run health ministry, Palestinian media reports 20 killed in strikes; IDF said to carry out early morning raids in Khan Younis neighborhoods
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant holds a document written by the former commander of Hamas's Khan Younis Brigade, Rafa'a Salameh, at an IDF intelligence base in central Israel, September 11, 2024. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)
September 11, 2024, 10:32 pm
Gallant reveals document from top Hamas commander warning Sinwar of dire losses
IDF strikes Hamas command center in Nuseirat school-turned-shelter, announces earlier killings of Hamas operatives who participated in Oct. 7, guarded hostage Noa Marciano
By Emanuel Fabian
Palestinians inspect the damage at the site of Israeli strikes on what the IDF says is a Hamas command center embedded in a makeshift displacement camp in Al-Mawasi in the Gaza Strip on September 10, 2024. (Bashar TALEB / AFP)
September 10, 2024, 8:30 am
IDF says it hit 3 Hamas commanders in Gaza tent camp, contests claim dozens killed
Targets of airstrike in humanitarian zone identified as head of terror group’s aerial forces, senior intel officer, another top operative; Hamas authorities lower death toll to 19
By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies
Israeli rescued hostage Farhan al-Qadi (C) at a gathering of family and friends to welcome him upon returning to his village of Khirbet Karkour near the southern Bedouin city of Rahat on August 28, 2024. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)
September 5, 2024, 1:26 pm
Farhan al-Qadi says he was taken hostage because he refused to point Hamas to Jews
Rescued hostage describes being shot and captured and his 11-month ordeal; report says slain captive Eden Yerushalmi had been starved in captivity, body weighed only 36 kgs
By ToI Staff
IDF troops with the 98th Division are seen operating in the Khan Younis area of the southern Gaza Strip in this handout photo published on August 30, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
August 30, 2024, 2:18 pm
IDF wraps up 3-week raid in south Gaza; 250 gunmen killed, 6 km of tunnels destroyed
Troops also recover bodies of six hostages in Khan Younis; military says Palestinians can return to neighborhoods that were excluded from humanitarian zone ahead of operation
By Emanuel Fabian
Staff Sgt. Amit Tsadikov, (left) and Master Sgt. (res.) Shlomo Yehonatan Hazut, both killed fighting in Gaza. (IDF)
August 25, 2024, 6:16 pm
Two IDF soldiers killed in Gaza as troops continue to advance in center of Strip
Staff Sgt. Amit Tsadikov, 20, killed in Khan Younis, Master Sgt. Shlomo Hazut, 36, slain in Gaza City; military calls on Palestinians in small section of humanitarian zone to evacuate
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Family and friends attend the funeral service of Avraham Munder, who was taken hostage by Hamas on October 7, 2023 and killed in captivity, and the reburial of Munder's son Roee who was murdered on October 7, following the recovery of Avraham Munder's body from Gaza, at the cemetery in Kibbutz Nir Oz, on August 21, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 22, 2024, 6:51 pm
Bullet wounds in bodies of all 6 hostages from Gaza suggest they were killed by captors
Abu Kabir Forensic Institute provides initial autospy findings of bodies recovered by IDF in Khan Younis tunnel; bodies of terrorists found nearby also examined, no gunshot wounds
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
IDF troops are seen operating to retrieve the bodies of 6 hostages from Gaza's Khan Younis during an overnight operation, in photos cleared for publication on August 20, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
August 20, 2024, 7:21 pm
How the IDF found the bodies of 6 hostages hidden in a secret Hamas tunnel
With specific, but limited intel, IDF quickly took control of a Khan Younis neighborhood; then found a loose panel in a false tunnel wall, leading to the spot where the bodies were
By Emanuel Fabian
Top (L-R): Nadav Popplewell, Yoram Metzger, Avraham Munder; bottom (L-R): Chaim Peri, Yagev Buchshtav, Alex Dancyg. Abducted to Gaza by Hamas on October 7, 2023, their bodies were retrieved by the IDF on August 20, 2024. (Courtesy)
August 20, 2024, 12:02 pm
IDF recovers bodies of 6 hostages from Gaza, including one hitherto presumed alive
All 6 had been taken alive on Oct. 7; Avraham Munder found dead in Khan Younis tunnel with bodies of Alex Dancyg, Yagev Buchshtav, Chaim Peri, Yoram Metzger and Nadav Popplewell
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Lt. Shahar Ben Nun, 21 (IDF)
August 19, 2024, 9:38 pm
IDF officer killed in failed Israeli airstrike in Gaza’s Khan Younis
Missile launched by fighter jet, due to rare technical failure, missed intended target and hit soldiers 300 meters away, probe finds; 1.5-km-long tunnel demolished
By Emanuel Fabian
Hamas terrorists in Gaza use makeshift launchers to fire long-range rockets at Tel Aviv, August 13, 2024 (via X)
August 13, 2024, 8:28 pm
Hamas fires rockets at Tel Aviv, a first since May, as IDF advances in Khan Younis
One projectile shot from southern Gaza city lands in sea, second impacts in Strip; military says troops have killed more than 100 gunmen in Rafah amid ongoing operation there
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Sgt. Omer Ginzburg, 19, killed in battle in the southern Gaza Strip on August 11, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
August 12, 2024, 12:09 pm
IDF announces Sgt. Omer Ginzburg killed in combat in Gaza’s Khan Younis
Paratrooper shot by sniper in southern Gaza city, where military ordered evacuations and launched operation due to Hamas activity
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Palestinians seen with their belongings after evacuating from al-Jalaa in Khan Younis to the designated safe zone in the southern Gaza Strip, August 11, 2024. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
August 11, 2024, 6:20 pm
IDF says Hamas operating in Khan Younis safe zone, issues new evacuation orders
Civilians evacuate al-Jalaa neighborhood as IDF says it has ‘precise intelligence’ on a resurgence of terror activity in southern Gaza after rockets were launched at Kissufim
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Displaced Palestinians gather in the yard of a school hit by an Israeli strike in Gaza City on August 10, 2024. Israel said it hit a Hamas and Islamic Jihad command center in the school. (Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP)
August 10, 2024, 9:53 am
IDF rejects Hamas claim of over 90 dead after strike on terror operatives at Gaza school
Gaza hospital says it received over 70 bodies; army maintains it precisely struck command center with dozens of operatives, took steps to avoid harm to innocents
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Palestinians evacuate an area in eastern Khan Younis after the Israel Defense Forces issued a new evacuation order for parts of the southern Gaza City, on August 8, 2024. (Bashar Taleb/AFP)
August 9, 2024, 6:48 am
IDF launches new offensive in Khan Younis; officer seriously hurt in Rafah
Military says it has information on terrorists gathering in southern Gaza city; assault comes day after residents told to evacuate; projectile fired at Ashkelon is intercepted
By Emanuel Fabian
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