Massive crowds bid farewell to 5 martyrs in Khan Younis
Mourners in the southern Gaza Strip on Monday bid farewell to the bodies of 5 martyrs who were killed in Israeli airstrikes and artillery shelling on Khan Younis and Rafah. The funerals began at Nasser Hospital with the participation of the families of the martyrs and a massive crowd. Three were killed in a strike on a tent for displaced persons west of Khan Younis, and two near the Muawiyah mosque west of Rafah. The procession moved toward the cemeteries amid grief and anger.
Mourners in the southern Gaza Strip on Monday, October 12, 2026, bid farewell to the bodies of 5 martyrs who were killed in airstrikes and artillery shelling carried out by Israeli occupation forces on various areas in the cities of Khan Younis and Rafah. The funeral processions began at Nasser Hospital west of Khan Younis city, with the participation of the families of the martyrs and a massive crowd of citizens. Local and medical sources reported that three citizens were killed as a result of occupation aircraft targeting a tent housing displaced persons west of Khan Younis city, and two other citizens were killed as a result of Israeli shelling targeting citizens near the "Muawiyah" mosque west of Rafah city. The funeral procession headed toward the homes of the martyrs' families and local cemeteries amid a state of intense grief and anger, as shelling and intensive Israeli aircraft overflights continued in the skies of the Strip.