By Alice W. | NBPrime May 15, 2025 – Khan Younis, Gaza Strip
Airstrikes hit Khan Younis in the middle of the night, unannounced. A wave of blasts struck families sleeping in tents and cramped houses. Nasser Hospital reported at least 56 dead Palestinians by morning.
The hospital soon overflowed. On blood-stained flooring, injured kids were treated. Before morning, the morgue ran out of space and bodies were lined up outside. According to staff, the majority of the victims were women and children.
The Israeli army had no quick response. The attacks, meanwhile, follow weeks of southern Gaza rising bombardment. Israeli authorities claim they are aiming Hamas infrastructure before a more general ground assault. Southern regions like as Khan Younis have had waves of fled people looking for refuge only to suffer new assaults.
Panic also spread farther north at the same moment. Israel published fresh evacuation orders in Gaza City’s Rimal area. The military said that a university, a hospital, and multiple schools housing people had turned into “terrorist strongholds” and would be attacked with “intense force.” Thousands of people rushed to escape once more—many with nowhere to go.
Gaza’s humanitarian condition is approaching collapse. Over ten weeks, no help has crossed into the area. Food, water, and medical supplies have run dangerously low since March 2, when Israel imposed a complete siege. Aid organizations have sounded alarms about Gaza’s 2.1 million people starving.
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The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a new U.S.-backed organization, claims it will start operating in two weeks. In the interim, the group has requested Israel to let UN and humanitarian convoys start delivering once more. Up to yet, Israel has not replied.
Hamas’s unexpected assault on Israel on October 7, 2023, killing almost 1,200 people and seizing 251 prisoners, started the conflict. Israel promised to destroy Hamas in reaction and started a large-scale Gaza campaign.
According to Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry, over 52,928 Palestinians have died since then, including 2,799 in the weeks following Israel’s offensive resumption in March. The Israeli government claims its actions seek to coerce Hamas into freeing the last 58 hostages—only 23 of whom are thought to be alive.
Civilians all across Gaza are left trapped—caught between bombs, hunger, and uncertainty, with no end in sight—as the violence intensifies and fundamental survival becomes more difficult daily.
