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Residents return to devastated Khan Younis after Israeli withdrawal


Khan Younis residents, who rushed back to their city after Israeli forces relocated from southern Gaza, found a wasteland of destruction and rubble, according to a Reuters news agency report.



The city has come under intense Israeli bombardment in recent months. Much of Khan Younis had been destroyed, many buildings have been bombed, and there are overturned cars stuck in the mud near craters left by missiles. Damaged hospital beds were seen on one street.



“It is a shock, a shock. What happened was not small … while coming on the way in the car, I saw things. The destruction is unbearable,” said Mohammed Abou Diab, who was among those who returned to his old neighbourhood.


People have been saying the situation is completely indescribable and chaotic as a great deal of destruction has been done to the entire area as a result of the battles between Hamas fighters and the Israeli soldiers and the unprecedented bombing campaign.



Khan Younis has been destroyed, with a complete destruction of civil infrastructure, mosques, and residential houses, as people are saying that they have nothing left in the city.