Battle
May
On 26 May 2025, the IDF initiated a renewed ground offensive into Khan Yunis as part of Operation Gideon's Chariots, following intense airstrikes across Southern Gaza. [1]
On 29 May, Israeli combat engineers completed a major operation to neutralize a Hamas tunnel network on the outskirts of Khan Yunis. According to an official IDF report, troops located and dismantled a lengthy "offensive" underground terror tunnel stretching several hundred meters. [10]
On 30 May, the IDF announced that the Kfir Brigade, under the command of the 36th Division, were joining the operation in Khan Yunis. [11]
June
On 6 June, Palestinian militants killed five Israeli soldiers in an ambush east of Khan Yunis, that involved a building rigged with an explosive which collapsed and killed the soldiers. [12]
On 9 June, the IDF completed the capture of all of eastern Khan Yunis. [13]
On 12 June, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) reported that a bus carrying about two dozen Palestinian GHF workers was attacked by Hamas while on its way to a distribution center near Khan Yunis. The attack killed at least eight people and caused multiple injuries. [14] Hamas said that the aid workers were in reality members of the Popular Forces. [15]
On 24 June, seven Israeli soldiers operating in Khan Yunis were killed by an explosive device, thought to have been planted by Hamas' Al-Qassam Brigades. [16]
On 26 June, the Barbakh clan, which reportedly opposes both Hamas and Israel, engaged in armed clashes with Hamas forces at the Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis. [2]
On 27 June, Popular Forces militants reportedly seized control of the Nasser Hospital after a gunbattle with Hamas forces. [17]
July
On 3 July, Ynet reported that the Fatah-affiliated Khanidak clan, led by Yasser Khanidak, was operating in Khan Yunis and was being armed by Israel. [18]
On 9 July, Palestinian militants attempted to abduct an Israeli soldier in Khan Yunis, who resisted and was then killed. [19]
August
On 20 August, 14 Al-Qassam Brigades gunmen attacked an Israeli military post in Khan Yunis near the Morag Corridor, likely in an attempt to abduct soldiers. Israeli forces exchanged gunfire with the attackers and reportedly killed between eight and ten gunmen while others retreated. [20] Three IDF soldiers were injured in the attack. [21] The fighters also managed to snipe the commander of a Merkava tank, fatally wounding them. Israeli media referred to it as a “rare” attack that managed to “penetrate the defenses” of the Nahshon Battalion of the army’s Kfir Brigade.
On 25 August, the IDF launched air strikes on the Nasser Hospital, killing 22 civilians, including five journalists. [22]
October
On 3 October, clashes in Khan Yunis erupted between Hamas' Arrow Unit and gunmen from the Fatah-aligned [23] al-Mujaida clan. Hamas stated its forces launched a raid to detain supposed collaborators with Israel. Hamas forces reportedly killed 5 members of the clan, and armed clan members reportedly killed 11 Hamas men. [24] The Counter-Terrorism Strike Force (CSF), a local anti-Hamas armed group, said its men fought the Hamas forces alongside clan members, with Israeli air support. [25] The situation deescalated following the mediation of local elders and an exchange of deceased bodies. [24]
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Yaniv Asor 
Yasser Khanidak 
Izz al-Din al-Haddad 
