Around 170 killed in days-long Israeli operation in Khan Younis: Civil defense

Gaza’s civil defense agency said on Saturday that Israel’s military operation in the area of Khan Younis city has killed around 170 people and wounded hundreds since it began on Monday.

“Since the beginning of the Israeli military operation in the Khan Younis area, we are talking of approximately 170 martyrs and hundreds of wounded,” the agency spokesman Mahmoud Bassal said.

Meanwhile, the health ministry in Gaza said that at least 39,258 people have been killed in more than nine months of war between Israel and Palestinian militants.

The toll includes 83 deaths in 48 hours, according to ministry figures, which also list 90,589 people as having been wounded in the Gaza Strip since the war began when Hamas militants attacked Israel on October 7.