Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallad said Israeli military forces were closing in on Hamas command centers and weapons depots.<\/p>\n
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Heavy Israeli tank fire and airstrikes hit Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip last night, residents said, while Palestinian authorities said nearly 200 people had been killed in 24 hours in Israel's military operation against Hamas militants.<\/p>\n
Warplanes also raided the Nuseirat camp in the central part of the Palestinian enclave, according to medics and Palestinian journalists.<\/p>\n
Israeli forces are pounding Khan Younis in preparation for a further advance on the southern city, parts of which they captured in early December.<\/p>\n
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallad said Israeli military forces were closing in on Hamas command centers and weapons depots.<\/p>\n
The Israeli Armed Forces (IDF) also reported yesterday that they destroyed one of the hideouts of Yahya Shinwar, the leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The house was located near the city of Gaza.<\/p>\n
Palestinian health authorities said 187 Palestinians were killed in Israeli strikes in a 24-hour period, bringing the total death toll to 21,507 – about 1% of the besieged enclave's population – since the war began on October 7. There are fears that thousands more bodies are buried under rubble.<\/p>\n
A Palestinian journalist working for the Al-Quds television network was killed along with members of his family in an airstrike on their home in the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip, health officials and other journalists said.<\/p>\n
According to the Hamas government, 106 Palestinian journalists have been killed by Israeli attacks since the start of the war.<\/p>\n
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The Israeli Defense Minister, Yoav Gallant, stated that Israeli military forces are approaching Hamas command centers and weapon depots. According to Palestinian authorities, nearly 200 people were killed in the Israeli military operation against Hamas fighters in the past 24 hours. The Israeli forces are also targeting the city of Khan Yunis in preparation for further advancement. The IDF reported that they destroyed one of the hideouts of Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas in Gaza. Palestinian health authorities reported that 187 Palestinians were killed in Israeli strikes in the past 24 hours, bringing the total death toll to 21,507 since the start of the war on October 7th. There are fears that thousands more bodies are buried under the rubble. A Palestinian journalist working for Al-Quds TV network was killed along with his family members in an airstrike on their home in the Nuseirat camp in central Gaza. According to Hamas, 106 Palestinian journalists have been killed by Israeli attacks since the start of the war.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1044,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[3,145,298,210,136,293],"class_list":["post-1043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cyprus","tag-cyprus","tag-gaza","tag-hamas","tag-health","tag-isiyiioeiyi","tag-war"],"acf":{"keyphrase":"","keywords":"","sourceimg":"","country-category":""},"yoast_head":"\n