(15 Aug 2025)
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Khan Younis, Gaza Strip – 15 August 2025
1. Various of sounds of explosions, thick smoke rising above skyline
2. Smoke rising
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Explosions sent thick plumes of smoke into the sky over the Gaza Strip on Friday morning as the Israeli operations in Gaza continue.
Israel’s plans to widen its military offensive against Hamas to parts of Gaza it does not yet control have sparked condemnation at home and abroad, and could be intended to raise pressure on Hamas to reach a ceasefire.
The militants still hold 50 hostages taken in the Oct. 7, 2023 attack that sparked the war. Israel believes around 20 are still alive. Families fear a new offensive endangers them.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he wants to realize U.S. President Donald Trump’s vision of relocating much of Gaza’s population through what Netanyahu refers to as "voluntary migration."
Many Palestinians might want to leave Gaza, at least temporarily, to escape the war and a hunger crisis bordering on famine.
But they have roundly rejected any permanent resettlement from what they see as an integral part of their national homeland.
They fear that Israel will never allow them to return, and that a mass departure would allow it to annex Gaza and reestablish Jewish settlements there, as called for by far-right ministers in the Israeli government.
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