Israel launched airstrikes into Han Yunus overnight, a part of Gaza already assaulted

and left a few weeks ago. A ground operation now seems likely. It's not the first time in this now nine-month war that Israeli

forces have claimed to clear Hamas from an area only to return weeks or months

later.

In the streets of Khan Yunus today, pain and prayers for the dead.

As residents mourn Palestinians killed overnight in Israeli bombardment. The strikes came a day

after Israel ordered a mass evacuation from much of the city in response to a

barrage of rockets it said were fired from Han Yunus into Israel.

Many of those forced to flee have already been displaced multiple times.

They escape any way they can, carrying only their most crucial belongings.

God knows where we will go tomorrow.

It is tiring.

This time we did not take anything with us.

There is no time to carry anything. For wounded

Palestinians there's also no place for life-saving care. The European

Hospital, one of the last functioning hospitals in Khan Yunus is now virtually empty.

Patients are being transferred to the nearby Nasr Hospital already packed full.

Earlier this year, Israel had already largely withdrawn from Khan Yunus and is now

ordering Palestinians to evacuate to the humanitarian safe zone of al-Mawasi in

anticipation of a new ground assault. This isn't the first time the Israeli

military has assaulted parts of Gaza, it said it had already cleared of Hamas

including parts of Gaza City and Jabalia in the north.

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