The residents of Khan Yunis discovered the destruction after the IDF withdrawal: "They left nothing behind" Israel claims that the army is now preparing for action in the last stronghold of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, in the city of Rafah. "Many areas, especially the city center, are unlivable," Mahmoud Abdel Ghani, who fled the city in December, told the Associated Press.

"There is no sense of life here," said the 37-year-old father of two. "They (the IDF forces) left nothing here."