“The smell of death floats in Khan Younes,” say Gazans returning to their homes in the south of the Gaza Strip. The inhabitants of Khan Younès, like a large part of the population of the Palestinian enclave, had until then taken refuge in the neighboring town of Rafah.
Despite the departure of Israeli troops, the population has not yet returned. The city's civil defense appealed to the United Nations on Monday for equipment to excavate the bodies, most of which it said were in an advanced state of decomposition.