Algeria's Representative to UN Highlights Gaza Doctor's Tragedy of Losing 9 Children
During his speech, Bendjama highlighted the tragedy of Palestinian doctor Alaa Al-Najjar, who lost nine of her children in an Israeli attack on her home in Gaza.
Al-Najjar, a pediatrician at Al Tahrir Clinic in the Nasser Medical Complex, was doing her work and treating patients while Israel bombed her home at the south of the city of Khan Younis in southern Gaza.
She was shocked when she found her own children and husband brought into the hospital. Dr Hamdi Al-Najjar, is suffering serious injuries.
Her children – the eldest aged 13 and the youngest just six months – were severely burned in the bombing.
Currently, her husband, Dr Hamdi Al-Najjar, is suffering serious injuries and still in the intensive care. Al-Najjar's children
Seven children were recovered and transferred to Nasser hospital, while two others, including the six-month-old baby, remain trapped beneath the rubble, according to Civil defense teams. Al-Najjar's children
Their names are Yahya, Rakan, Ruslan, Jubran, Eve, Revan, Sayden, Luqman and Sidra. Al-Najjar's children
Since the beginning of Hamas-Israel War in Gaza in 2023, the Israeli strikes have killed at least 53,500 Palestinians and wounded more than 118,000, according to Gaza's Health Ministry. Al-Najjar's children
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