Reduced to rubble: Khan Younis (1/2)
Twenty kilometers from the Egyptian border lies Khan Younis, the second-largest city in the Gaza Strip and capital of its largest governorate. Due to the far-reaching Israeli military operation there from late November to the end of April, Khan Younis has now been reduced to rubble.
The historic Barquq Castle, a prominent Burji Mamluk site in central Khan Younis, now only has the remains of its facade still standing. Its outer wall has been largely demolished by Israeli forces, left as scattered stone blocks amid the ruins of the shops and homes surrounding it.
Throughout the city, Occupation forces have wreaked wide-scale destruction on commercial and service-oriented buildings, including banks, mosques and schools. They bulldozed the municipal soccer field and damaged UNRWA health centers, placing them out of service. The Nasr medical complex was likewise severely damaged during the Israeli military operation, with patients, wounded individuals, and displaced people seeking shelter there being placed under siege, surrounded by bullets and bombs. Other buildings serving the health sector faced similar fates, with the Palestinian Red Crescent’s Amal Hospital in western Khan Younis and the Dar al-Salam and Masqat hospitals in Qarara to the east all becoming relics of the past. The sprawling expanse of Khan Younis has been made uninhabitable.
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