Khan Yunis (Arabic: خان يونس, lit. 'Caravansary [of] Yunis'), also spelled Khan Younis or Khan Yunus, is a Palestinian city serving as the capital of the Khan Yunis Governorate in the southern Gaza Strip. It has been largely destroyed on account of the ongoing Israel–Hamas war.
Before the 14th century, Khan Yunis was a village known as "Salqah". To protect caravans, pilgrims and travellers a vast caravanserai – today known as Barquq Castle – was constructed there by the emir Yūnus an-Nūrūzī in 1387–88, an official of the Mamluk Empire.
According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Khan Yunis had a population of 205,125 in 2017. Khan Yunis, which lies only four kilometres (2+1⁄2 miles) east of the Mediterranean Sea, has a semi-arid climate with temperature of 30 °C maximum in summer and 10 °C minimum in winter, with an annual rainfall of approximately 260 mm (10.2 in).
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Israel directly targeted Palestinian rescue workers at the Nasser Medical Complex in Gaza's Khan Younis.
Journalists Mohammed Salama, Hussam Al Masri and Mariam Abu Dagga were among those killed, along with at least eight others
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Askari wa akiba aliuawa huko Khan Yunis baada ya kuhangaika na magaidi waliojaribu kumteka nyara.
Kulingana na uchunguzi wa awali, wakati wa operesheni za IDF huko Khan Yunis, magaidi waliibuka kutoka chini ya ardhi na kushambulia kitengo cha IDF. Wakati wa shambulio hilo, magaidi hao...
Msikiti wa Al-Kawthar na jengo la makazi kusini mashariki mwa Khan Younis yameangamizwa mapema leo na zaidi ya watu 80 waliokuwa ndani nao wameangamizwa.
Katika Operation ya Gideon Chariots inayoendelea huko Khan Younis mji huo umesawazishwa na makombola yaliyokuwa yanapigwa katika mji huo kuharibu miundombinu ya kigaidi iliyokuwa imejengwa na magaidi wa Hamas.
IDF inatangaza Khan Younis yote kuwa eneo la mapigano, raia kuhama haraka kutoka katika eneo hilo.
IDF inasema Wapalestina wanaoishi ndani na karibu na mji mkubwa wa kusini wa Gaza wa Khan Younis lazima waondoke makwao inapojiandaa kuanzisha "shambulio ambalo halijawahi kushuhudiwa" katika eneo...
Baada ya magaidi wa Hamas kuonekana wakijikusanya kwa wingi katika jengo moja huko Khan younis majeshi ya Israel yaliamua kulishambulia kwa bomu jengo hilo na kuangamiza kila kitu ki licho kuweto ndani na nje ya jengo hilo.
Magaidi wa Hamas wamepata pigo kubwa sana baada ya watu wao wengi kufia...
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