Khan Younis, December 1 (RHC)-- With the resumption of bombing and barbaric attacks on Gaza, Israel has expanded its military campaign to target southern areas of Gaza, where Israeli planes have been dropping leaflets warning people to evacuate areas around Khan Younis.

The leaflets warn that the city was now a “dangerous battle zone.”  Israel previously expelled hundreds of thousands of people from the northern Gaza Strip to the south, saying they would be safe there.

Just hours before the truce was set to expire, residents of Khan Younis searched through the rubble of their former homes for any personal items they could salvage.  One resident told reporters: “The end of the calm today feels like our execution.  They are telling us that today is the last day of the ceasefire, and we have 24 hours before we return to a life of sheltering in schools in squalor, with the hardship of life without water, electricity or proper shelter.  We want a complete truce, not being told every day there is a truce, only to have it breached.”