Khan Younis Archives - Israel-Palestine Timeline

Yousef Salem Yousef Radwan

September 19, 2023September 19, 2023 contact@ifamericansknew.org

September 19, 2023: Yousef Salem Yousef Radwan, 25, was killed by Israeli soldiers who also injured eleven during processions near the perimeter fence along the eastern parts of the besieged Gaza Strip.

The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza said the soldiers killed Yousef Salem Yousef after shooting him with a live round to the head.

The Health Ministry added that the soldiers injured eleven Palestinians, including one who suffered life-threatening wounds.

Two Palestinians were rushed to the Shifa Hospital, west of Gaza City, and several others suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation.

Video By Hassan Eslayeh

In Jabalia, in northern Gaza, the soldiers shot a Palestinian with live fire east of the Abu Safiyya area, east of Jabalia, before he was rushed to the Indonesian Hospital in nearby Beit Lahia.

The soldiers also shot two Palestinians with live fire east of Khan Younis and east of Rafah in the southern parts of the Gaza Strip.

The Palestinians continued their processions on their land near the perimeter fence along the perimeter fence in the northeastern central eastern and southeastern parts of the coastal region, protesting the escalating Israeli violations, especially the constant attacks against the detainees, in addition to the assaults and invasions by Israeli soldiers and colonialist settlers into the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem and the holy site’s surrounding areas.

On Tuesday evening, Israeli soldiers killed three Palestinians and injured at least thirty in the Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank governorate of Jenin.

The Health Ministry officially identified the slain Palestinians as Mahmoud Ali Nafe’ Saadi, 23, Mahmoud Khaled Ar’arawi, 24, and Rafat Omar Khamaisa, 22.

A fourth Palestinians, Ata Yasser Ata Mousa, 29, died on Wednesday dawn September 20, from serious wounds he suffered after the army killed three Palestinians.

Yousef was from Bani Soheila town, east of Khan Younis, in the Gaza Strip’s southern part. Source: IMEMC

Mahmoud Walid Abdul-Jawad

May 11, 2023May 13, 2023 contact@ifamericansknew.org

May 11, 2023: Mahmoud Walid Abdul-Jawad, 26, was killed, along with two other Palestinian civilians, in an Israeli bombing that targeted a residential apartment in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip.

Media sources said the army fired a missile at an apartment in ‘Hamad City’ in Khan Younis, killing Mahmoud Hassan Ahu Ghali, 46, and his brother, Ali Hasan Au Ghali, 46, and his nephew, Mahmoud Walid Abdul-Jawad, 26.

At least seven Palestinians were injured, and several homes were damaged.

It is worth mentioning that Ali is one of the senior leaders of the Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, and was one first Palestinians to join the group.

The army also fired a missile at a vacant home in Bani Soheila, east of Khan Younis, and a Palestinian land nearby.

The number of Palestinian homes and apartments destroyed or partially damaged by Israeli missiles arrived at fourteen, mainly in Rafah and Khan Younis, in southern Gaza.

Israeli missiles targeted ten homes and at least three cars on the offensive’s first day.

Israeli missiles have killed 24 Palestinians, including six children and three women, and injured at least 76, including 21 children and eight women since Israel launched its offensive three days earlier.

Many of the wounded Palestinians are in serious condition, especially after being buried under the rubber of their bombarded homes.

Mahmoud was from Hamad village, east of Khan Younis. Source: IMEMC

Mahmoud Hassan Abu Ghali

May 11, 2023May 13, 2023 contact@ifamericansknew.org

May 11, 2023: Mahmoud Hasan Abu Ghali, 25, was killed along with two other Palestinian civilians were killed in an Israeli bombing that targeted a residential apartment in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip.

Media sources said the army fired a missile at an apartment in ‘Hamad City’ in Khan Younis, killing Mahmoud Hassan Ahu Ghali, 46, amd his brother, Ali Hasan Au Ghali, 46, and his nephew, Mahmoud Walid Abdul-Jawad, 26. At least seven Palestinians were injured, and several homes were damaged.

It is worth mentioning that Ali is one of the senior leaders of the Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, and was one first Palestinians to join the group.

The army also fired a missile at a vacant home in Bani Soheila, east of Khan Younis, and a Palestinian land nearby.

The number of Palestinian homes and apartments destroyed or partially damaged by Israeli missiles arrived at fourteen, mainly in Rafah and Khan Younis, in southern Gaza.

Israeli missiles targeted ten homes and at least three cars on the offensive’s first day.

Many of the wounded Palestinians are in serious condition, especially after being buried under the rubber of their bombarded homes.

Mahmoud was from Hamad village, east of Khan Younis. Source: IMEMC

Ali Hassan Abu Ghali

May 11, 2023May 11, 2023 contact@ifamericansknew.org

May 11, 2023: Ali Hassan Ahu Ghali, 46, was shot and killed along with two other Palestinian civilians were killed in an Israeli bombing that targeted a residential apartment in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip.

Media sources said the army fired a missile at an apartment in ‘Hamad City’ in Khan Younis, killing Ali Hasan Au Ghali, 46, his brother Mahmoud Hasan Abu Ghali, 25, and his nephew, Mahmoud Walid Abdul-Jawad, 26. At least seven Palestinians were injured, and several homes were damaged.

It is worth mentioning that Ali is one of the senior leaders of the Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, and was one first Palestinians to join the group.

The army also fired a missile at a vacant home in Bani Soheila, east of Khan Younis, and a Palestinian land nearby.

The number of Palestinian homes and apartments destroyed or partially damaged by Israeli missiles arrived at fourteen, mainly in Rafah and Khan Younis, in southern Gaza.

Israeli missiles targeted ten homes and at least three cars on the offensive’s first day.

Many of the wounded Palestinians are in serious condition, especially after being buried under the rubber of their bombarded homes.

Ali was from Hamad village, east of Khan Younis. Source: IMEMC

Ala’ Maher Baraka

May 10, 2023May 15, 2023 contact@ifamericansknew.org

May 10, 2023: Ala’ Maher Baraka, 27, was killed by Israeli missiles in the Al-Fakhari areas, east of Khan Younis, in southern Gaza. Alternative spelling: Alaa Maher Baraka

Ala’ was among nine Palestinians who were killed by Israeli missiles that day in the besieged coastal region.

The Health Ministry in Gaza said Israeli missiles have killed 21 Palestinians and injured 64 in two days, and added that among the victims are women and children.

The slain Palestinians are:

Yazan Fathi Elian, 17, Gaza City.
Rami Shadi Mousa Hamdan, 16, Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza.
Layan Bilal Medookh, 10, was killed after the army fired missiles into Sahaba Street in Gaza City.
Ala’ Maher Baraka, 27, was killed by Israeli missiles in the Al-Fakhari area, east of Khan Younis, in southern Gaza.
Alam Samr Abdul-Aziz, 27, was killed by Israeli missiles east of Rafah city in southern Gaza.
Ayman Karam Saidam, 26, was killed by Israeli missiles east of Rafah City in southern Gaza.
Ahmad Mohammad Ghanmi Shabaki, 51, Qleibo area, Beit Lahia in northern Gaza.
Mohammad Yousef Abu T’eima, 25, was killed when an Israeli army drone fired a missile into Palestinian agricultural lands in the Al-Fakhari area, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip; one Palestinian was seriously injured. Mohammad was working on his land when the army fired the missile

Ala’ was from Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Source: IMEMC

Mohammad Yousef Abu T’eima

May 10, 2023May 13, 2023 contact@ifamericansknew.org

May 10, 2023: Mohammad Yousef Abu T’eima, 25, was killed when an Israeli military drone fired a missile into Palestinian agricultural lands east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.

Media sources said the drone fired the missile at lands east of Abasan town, east of Khan Younis, killing Mohammad, and seriously wounding another Palestinian.

The Israeli army claimed its drone targeted members of the Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, who reportedly intended to fire homemade shells.

The Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) said the Palestinian was a farmer and was killed while working on his land when the drone fired the missile.

WAFA added that the Israeli army also fired several artillery shells targeting two buildings, believed to be run by armed resistance groups, east of Khan Younis.

Also in Gaza, a Palestinian child was injured when the Israeli Air Force fired missiles into lands and buildings west of Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the coastal region.

The army also fired missiles into farmland near a local mosque in the Be’er An-Na’ja area, in Beit Lahia.

On the same day, dozens of thousands of Palestinians held the funeral ceremonies and processions of the fifteen Palestinians, including women and children, who were killed a day earlier in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip.

Thirteen of the slain Palestinians were killed on Tuesday dawn, and two were killed in renewed Israeli strikes in the evening of the same day.

In the occupied West Bank, Israeli soldiers killed two young Palestinian men and injured one in Qabatia town, south of Jenin.

Mohammad was from Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Source: IMEMC

Alternative spellings: Mohammad Youssef Abu Taima, Muhammad Yusef Aby Taima

Anas Khaled Anshasi

August 12, 2022May 23, 2023 contact@ifamericansknew.org

August 12, 2022: Anas Khaled Anshasi, 22, died from serious wounds he suffered during the Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip. (Alternate spelling Anshassi)

The Nasser Medical Center in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, has reported that Anas died in the Intensive Care Unit from his serious wounds despite all efforts to save his life.

They added that the young man was seriously injured when an Israeli army drone fired missiles at several Palestinians east of Khan Younis.

The Health Ministry in Gaza said Anshasi’s death brings the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli missiles and shells during the three-day offensive (August 5, 6, and 7) on Gaza to 49, including one elder, three women, and sixteen children. The number of wounded Palestinians is 360, including 19 elders, 58 women, and 151 children.

A day earlier, the Palestinian Health Ministry said a child, Layan Musleh Sha’er, 10, died from serious wounds she suffered during Israel’s recent onslaught on the Gaza Strip.

Furthermore, the Health Ministry in Gaza said Ibrahim Shehda Abu Salah, 41, died from serious wounds he suffered last Saturday, during the Israeli bombardment of Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.

The Health Ministry confirmed that a child died from serious wounds she suffered on August 6^th after the Israeli army bombarded the Um an-Nasr village in Beit Hanoun.

It stated that the child, Hanin Abu Qayda, 10, was seriously injured when the Israeli army fired missiles at a civilian car, killing her grandmother, Na’ama Mohammad Abu Qayda, 62, and wounding seven family members.

The Palestinian Housing Ministry in Gaza said the Israeli bombing of residential towers and homes in Gaza has led to the destruction of 18 units, in addition to partially damaging 71 units and rendering them unsafe, and 1675 units that sustained partial damage but remained structurally sound.

In the West Bank, medical sources have reported that Israeli soldiers killed a Palestinian child, Mo’men Yassin Jaber, 16, with an expanding bullet and seriously injured another Palestinian, in Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.

Also, Israeli soldiers killed three Palestinians, Ibrahim Nabulsi, 30, Islam Sbouh, 22, and Hussein Jamal Taha, 16, in Nablus, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.

Anas was from Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Source: IMEMC

Layan Musleh Sha’er

August 11, 2022August 12, 2022 contact@ifamericansknew.org

August 11, 2022: Layan Musleh Sha’er, 10, died from serious wounds she suffered during Israel’s recent onslaught on the Gaza Strip.

The al-Makassed Hospital in occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank, said the child was admitted after being transferred from Gaza, suffering a shrapnel wound to the head, causing significant damage to her brain.

Layan was clinically dead upon arrival and remained hooked to a respiratory machine after the surgeons tried to save her life until she succumbed to her serious wounds.

She was a school student and a member of a Palestinian folklore dance team (Dabke); the last time the slain child and her Dabke team performed was last month at the Nuwwar Education Center in Gaza.

Her death brings the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli missiles and shells during the three-day offensive (August 5, 6, and 7) on Gaza to 48, including one elder, three women, and sixteen children. The number of wounded Palestinians is 360, including 19 elders, 58 women, and 151 children.

On Tuesday, August 8, the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza said Ibrahim Shehda Abu Salah, 41, died from serious wounds he suffered last Saturday, during the Israeli bombardment of Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.

On Monday, the Health Ministry confirmed that a child died from serious wounds she suffered on August 6^th, after the Israeli army bombarded the Um an-Nasr village in Beit Hanoun.

It said the child, Hanin Abu Qayda, 10, was seriously injured when the Israeli army fired missiles at a civilian car, killing her grandmother, Na’ama Mohammad Abu Qayda, 62, and wounding seven family members.

Their deaths bring the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli missiles and shells during the three-day offensive on Gaza (Friday-Saturday-Sunday – August 5, 6 and 7) to 47 Palestinians, including one elder, three women, and fifteen children. The number of wounded Palestinians is 360, including 19 elders, 58 women, and 151 children.

On Tuesday dawn, Israeli soldiers killed three Palestinians, Ibrahim Nabulsi, 30, Islam Sbouh, 22, and Hussein Jamal Taha, 16, in Nablus, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.

Layan was from Khan Younis in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Source: IMEMC

Huda Salah Rabi’a al-Khozondar

May 19, 2021November 22, 2021 contact@ifamericansknew.org

May 19, 2021: Huda Salah Rabi’a al-Khozondar, 36, was killed after Israeli warplanes a missile at a house belonging to Mohammed Khaled al-Khawaldah in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.

As a result, the 120-sqm house in the al-Satar al-Gharbi neighborhood sustained wide destruction while a nearby house belonging to Na’elah Rabi’a al-Khuzondar sustained severe damage.

The missile killed Huda and wounded her husband and her 2 and a half-year-old baby girl, Malak.

Also, 7 others were wounded in al-Khawaldah’s house and a nearby house, including 2 women and 2 children; one of the persons wounded had his leg amputated.

At approximately 05:10, Israeli warplanes launched a missile at a house belonging to Mohammed Khaled al-Khawaldah.

At approximately 00:10, Israeli warplanes launched a missile at a house belonging to Mohammed and Mo’nes Muhareb, east of the Ma’an area.

As a result, the huge missile fell on the house and did not explode, only penetrating the house of their neighbor, Ramzi Abu Hadayed.

As a result, a person and his 3 kids were wounded while the 2 houses sustained wide destruction. In the morning, the Explosive Engineers arrived and took the missile out of the house.

On that day, the Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR) has reported that Israeli missiles and shells have killed nine Palestinians, including three women and two children, and injured 120, including thirty-nine women and sixty-four children, and added that the total number of injuries reached 1383, including 417 children and 269 women.

Huda was from Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Source: PCHR

Ammar Taiseer Mohammad al-’Amour

May 12, 2021July 13, 2021 contact@ifamericansknew.org

May 12, 2021: Ammar Taiseer Mohammad al-’Amour, 10, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip.

Defense for Children International Palestine said that a US-sourced Israeli Apache attack helicopter killed Hamada Attia Abed al-Amour, 13, and his 10-year-old cousin, Ammar Taiseer Mohammad al-Amour.

The pair were with another young relative when the attack helicopter “fired two thermal flares and then a missile in the direction of the children” in al-Fukharia village east of Khan Younis on Wednesday.

The surviving child was critically injured.

“At the time of the missile attack,” the street on which the children were walking “was open and completely quiet,” Defense for Children International Palestine said.

He was among more than 30 Palestinians killed overnight on May 12th, most of whom were killed while in their homes, huddled with their families as Israeli bombs dropped all around them.

This was the third straight day of massive Israeli bombardment and shelling of Palestinian homes, structures, and facilities, leading to the death of at least 30 Palestinians on May 12th alone, including children.

These are some of the known names of the Palestinians confirmed dead.

Mohammad Nahedh Abu Sakran, 26, Gaza city.
Ahmad Ibrahim Abu Sakran, 65, Gaza city.
Ammar Taiseer Mohammad al-’Amour, 11, Khan Younis.
Hamada Ayed Atiya al-‘Amour, 13, Khan Younis.
Sami Sa’id Mohammad al-‘Omar, 41, Gaza city.
Tal’at Jamil Mahmoud Agha, 37, Gaza city.
Waleed Mousa Khaled al-Omar, 56, Gaza city.
Atef Abdul-Rahma Jom’a al-Omar, 48, Beit Lahia.
Na’el Khaled Younis al-Omar, 23, Beit Lahia.
Hammad Ayyad Mansour al-Omar, 86, Rafah.

It is worth mentioning that the army also assassinated Bassem Issa, a senior leader of the Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, in Gaza.

On the same day Israeli bombs killed at least twenty additional Palestinian people during ongoing bombardment and shelling targeting all parts of the besieged and impoverished Gaza Strip. (The number does not include names who are still being verified)

In the West Bank, the soldiers killed on Wednesday night, a Palestinian security officer, identified as Mohammad Omar Sa’id Najjar, 36, near the town of Tal, south of Nablus, in northern West Bank, after the army claimed he opened fire at the soldiers.

On Wednesday at dawn, the soldiers killed a Palestinian child, Rashid Muhammad Abu Ara, 16, in the village of Aqaba, in the district of Tubas.

During the 11-day Israeli assault on Gaza between May 10th and 21st, 2021, 247 Palestinians were killed, including 66 children and 39 women; 1417 wounded, including 277 women and 412 children. 9 Israelis, including 2 children, were killed during the same time period.

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, which documented these attacks, has called upon the international Criminal Court to open an investigation into the occupation’s crimes during this military aggression, and reiterates its call upon the High Contracting Parties to the 1949 Fourth Geneva Convention to fulfil their obligations under Article 1; i.e., to respect and ensure respect for the Convention in all circumstances and their obligations under Article 146 to prosecute persons alleged to commit grave breaches of the Fourth Geneva Convention. These grave breaches constitute war crimes under Article 147 of the same Convention and Protocol (I) Additional to the Geneva Conventions regarding the guarantee of Palestinian civilians’ right to protection in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (West Bank, Gaza Strip, Golan Heights).

Ahmad was from Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip. Source: IMEMC