The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have reported “intensive fighting” in the region around Khan Younis in the south of the Gaza Strip. The troops had “found large quantities of weapons,” the IDF posted on X. The fighting has led to thousands of civilians fleeing the city in the direction of Rafah on strip’s southern border with Egypt. An Israeli military spokesman issued a renewed call in Arabic on people living in certain parts of Khan Younis to leave for a designated zone on the Mediterranean coast. He detailed three four-hour “tactical” pauses in Israel’s operations on Sunday, Monday and Tuesd…