section_path: War in Israel and Gaza/Rafah, Khan Yunis, and general bombardment (July–September 2024)
section_name: Rafah, Khan Yunis, and general bombardment (July–September 2024)
paragraph_text: Rafah, Khan Yunis, and general bombardment (July–September 2024)
  
  On 22 July, the IDF began a brief second invasion of Khan Yunis. Israel ordered the evacuation of the eastern part of Khan Yunis; 73 people were killed during the first day of the attack. Footage from an Israeli drone surfaced showing the destruction of the Grand Mosque in Khan Yunis. A third, month-long battle ended on 30 August when the IDF withdrew its 98th battalion from Khan Yunis and Deir el-Balah, stating it had killed over 250 Palestinian militants.
  
  On 13 July, at least 90 people were killed and 300 were injured in an Israeli strike on Al-Mawasi and 22 people were killed in an Israeli strike targeting people gathered to pray in the Al-Shati refugee camp. On 10 August, at least 80 Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes on Al-Tabaeen school. The IDF claimed to have killed 200 militants and discovered dozens of weapons in Tel al-Sultan in one week. On 10 September, Israeli missile strikes on a tent encampment in Al-Mawasi killed 19 to 40 people. An IAF UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed in Rafah while trying to evacuate a critically injured combat engineer, killing two Israeli soldiers and injuring seven others.
  
  An Israeli airstrike on Nuseirat refugee camp on 11 September killed at least 18 people.