Thousands of Palestinians, exhausted by six months of unrelenting war and multiple displacements, trudged back to the devastated city of Khan Younis on Monday, a day after Israel’s unexpected withdrawal of its forces from southern Gaza.
With many making the journey on foot from nearby Rafah, they struggled to find homes that had been atomised by the force of the bombardment in neighbourhoods heavy with the smell of death, where family and neighbours worked to dig out bodies long buried in the rubble.
The retreat of Israel’s 98th division from southern Gaza on Sunday, the day that marked six months since the start of the war, baffled many Israeli commentators, with some suggesting it signalled an end to high-intensity fighting in Gaza.
neighbourhoods heavy with the smell of death,
Israel just wants to rub it in while the smell is still there. Don’t be surprised the IDF launches another offensive so the Palestinians know they can be homeless again at any time.
Fuck Netenyahu and his genocidal regime.
