But days later, Lamdani was left to identify the bodies of her relatives at a makeshift morgue in the southern city of Khan Younis. "They told us to evacuate your place and go to Khan Younis because it is safe... Lamdani's family was staying at a temporary shelter in Khan Younis when she said: "At 4.30 a.m. "But, ultimately, Hamas has entrenched itself among the civilian population throughout the Gaza Strip. At one United Nations school in Khan Younis, Nasser Abu Amer, his wife and eight children, said they were desperate for food and water.

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Persons: Family, Dima Al, Lamdani, Khan Younis, Dima Allamdani, U.N, Fahrettin Koca, Nasser Abu Amer, Amer, Dan Williams, Aidan Lewis, Jan Strupczewski, Michael Georgy, Janet Lawrence Organizations: Hamas, IDF, Israel Defense Forces, European Union, Health, United Nations, Thomson Locations: Gaza City, Rafah, Egypt, GAZA, Beach, Khan, Gaza, Palestinian, Israel, EGYPT, Israeli, Turkey