At least 26 Palestinians were killed due to an Israeli bombardment of Khan Younis city in south Gaza on November 18.
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According to the Palestinian WAFA news agency, the Israeli aircraft launched several raids on apartments in Khan Younis.
The latest killings comes since Israel issued a new warning to the residents of Khan Younis to relocate. “I know it’s not easy for them. but we don’t want to see civilians caught up in the crossfire,” Mark Regev, an advisor to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, told US media.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in its statement announced that it will be launching its operations in south Gaza after it received intelligence reports of several Hamas’ top leaders hiding in the region. The IDF has admitted that nearly eight lakh people from north Gaza are being displaced to southern Gaza.