Palestinians mourned and laid their loved ones to rest in Khan Younis on Sunday (October 5) following an Israeli strike a day earlier, according to medics at Nasser Hospital where the bodies were moved to.

Israeli planes and tanks continued to pound areas across the Gaza Strip overnight and on Sunday, destroying several residential buildings, witnesses said, as Palestinians hoped a U.S. plan to end the war would soon ease their suffering.

Israel escalated its offensive as Egypt prepares to host delegates from Hamas, Israel and the United States, and Qatar, to kick off talks over the implementation of the most advanced effort yet to halt the conflict.

Israel began attacking Gaza after the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack on Israel in which some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, were killed and 251 taken hostage, according to Israeli tallies.

Israel's campaign has killed more than 67,000 people in Gaza, most of them civilians, according to Gaza health authorities.

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KHAN YOUNIS, GAZA (OCTOBER 5, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all)

1. PEOPLE GATHERED AT NASSER HOSPITAL AROUND BODIES OF PALESTINIANS KILLED FOLLOWING ISRAELI STRIKES

2. MAN CLOSES BODY BAG / PEOPLE GATHERED AROUND BODIES

3. VARIOUS OF RELATIVES SEATED NEXT TO BODIES MOURNING AND CRYING / PEOPLE GATHERED

4. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) PALESTINIAN RELATIVE OF ONE OF THOSE KILLED, MOHAMMED ARBIA, SAYING:

"We hope to God that all these things (strikes) stop for the people (Palestinian people), and the people are tired, and have had enough, and the people are unable to continue on, they are losing their children day after day, injuries and wounded people and you can see everything."

5. VARIOUS OF RELATIVES AND PEOPLE GATHERED AROUND BODIES, MOURNING AND CRYING

6. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) RELATIVES OF KILLED PALESTINIANS, MOHAMMED ARBIA, SAYING:

"Enough with Gaza, enough with the people, enough with humanity, enough with the crimes that we face day after day. I address the world, and the Arabs and the Muslims: Wake up, wake up. Jerusalem is for everyone and Islam is for everyone. God is sufficient for me, and He is the best Disposer of affairs."

7. WOMEN KNEELING NEXT TO BODIES CRYING

8. PEOPLE CARRYING BODIES AT NASSER HOSPITAL

9. VARIOUS OF PALESTINIANS PRAYING OVER BODIES LAID ON THE GROUND

10. PEOPLE CARRY BODIES AFTER PRAYER