Gazan doctor receives the charred remains of nine of her 10 children
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A Palestinian doctor learnt about the killing of nine of her 10 children in an Israeli bombardment when their charred remains were brought to the hospital where she works.
Dr Alaa Al-Najjar, a paediatrician at Al-Tahrir Clinic in the Nasser Medical Complex, was at work during the attack on her home, south of the city of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, on Friday.
The children – the eldest aged 12 and the youngest just six months – were severely burned in the bombing.
Footage circulated by the Palestinian Civil Defence shows the bodies of at least seven small children being pulled from rubble.
Eyewitnesses reported that Dr Al-Najjar collapsed when she identified their remains.
The children were identified as Yahya, Rakan, Ruslan, Jubran, Eve, Revan, Sayden, Luqman and Sidra.
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Her husband, Dr Hamdi Al-Najjar, was critically injured and brought to the Nasser Medical Complex, and so was her last surviving son, aged just 11.,
British surgeons Graeme Groom and Victoria Rose, who travelled to Gaza were the ones who operated on the boy.
Dr Groom said in a video on Instagram: 'Nine of his brothers and sisters were killed. And his father was badly injured.'
He described it as an 'unimaginable' situation for Dr Al-Najjar.
After some speculation that Israel may have been targeting the father, Dr Groom stressed that he had been told he had 'no political and no military connections and doesn't seem to be prominent on social media'.
'Yet, his poor wife is the only uninjured one, who has the prospect of losing her husband, and has already lost nine of her children,' he added.
Dr Rose, who was sent a video of rescue services going inside the bombed house, said the family lived opposite a petrol station.
'So, I don't know if the bomb set off some massive fire,' she explained.
'The video shows all of the children being pulled out of the fire and they are absolutely charcoal… horrific.
The hospital initially posted on Facebook that eight children had died, but then two hours later updated that number to nine. More Trending
Dr Munir Al-Bursh, director general of the Palestinian ministry of health, said in a post on X, commenting on the bombing: 'This is the reality our medical staff in Gaza endure.
'Words fall short in describing the pain. In Gaza, it is not only healthcare workers who are targeted -Israel's aggression goes further, wiping out entire families.'
Israel resumed operations in Gaza on March 18, ending a two-month ceasefire.
Gaza's health ministry said Saturday that at least 3,747 people had been killed in the territory since then, taking the war's overall toll to 53,901, mostly civilians.
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