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The Khan Yunis Governorate (Arabic: محافظة خان يونس Muḥāfaẓat Ḫān Yūnis) is one of 16 Governorates of Palestine, located in the southern Gaza Strip. Its district capital is Khan Yunis. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the governorate had a population of 426,056 in mid-2022. [2]
Khan Yunis (Arabic: خان يونس, lit. 'Caravansary [of] Yunis [2] '), 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.
The third battle of Khan Yunis began on 9 August 2024 with a series of airstrikes from the Israeli Air Force that according to the city's Nasser Hospital, killed at least twenty-one Palestinians. One airstrike struck the residence of the Abu Moamar family and killed a Palestinian television reporter and journalist, while also killing his wife ...
The Israeli military said it has withdrawn its ground forces from Khan Younis in southern Gaza, while “significant force” remains in other areas of the strip.
Before the October 7 attack by Hamas on Israel, Khan Younis - Gaza’s second-largest city - had been home to more than 400,000 people, according to Gaza’s Ministry of Interior.
The polio vaccination campaign for children from two to ten years old was completed in central Gaza. Vaccination for children in Khan Yunis and Rafah governorates will start on 19 October and will continue for four days, followed by children in northern Gaza. [24] Israel said that they killed three gunmen in Tal as-Sultan.
The battle of Khan Yunis, which evolved into the siege of Khan Yunis in late January 2024, [23] began on 1 December 2023 in the midst of the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip. Battle December 2023
Barquq Castle (Arabic: قلعة برقوق, romanized: Qalʿat Barqūq), also known as the Younis al-Nuruzi Caravansari or simply Khan Younis, was a Mamluk-era fortified caravanserai and mosque, and the eponymous historical monument of Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip. It is one of the most important Mamluk fortifications in the region of Palestine.