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Metro
02-06-2025
- Health
- Metro
Gaza doctor who lost nine children in Israeli attack dies from injuries
A Palestinian doctor who lost nine of his children in an Israeli air strike on Gaza has died from the injuries he sustained in the same attack. Dr Hamdi al-Najjar, 40, had just arrived home in Khan Younis after dropping off his wife, Dr Alaa al-Najjar, at Nasser Hospital, where the couple both worked, when the family property was hit. Nine of their children were killed in the bombardment, which happened on May 23, while Hamdi and their only remaining child Adam, 11, were seriously hurt. Hamdi suffered brain and internal injuries and despite efforts by severely depleted medical teams, died on Saturday. Adam remains in hospital. Hamdi and Alaa founded a private medical compound in Khan Younis, which Hamdi headed up. His brother, Dr Ali al-Najjar, described him as a loving father who would treat poorer patients for free. Alaa learnt about her children's deaths when their charred remains were brought to the hospital, with eyewitnesses saying she collapsed on seeing them. They were identified as Yahya, Rakan, Ruslan, Jubran, Eve, Rivan, Saydeen, Luqman and Sidra and ranged in age from just six months to 12-years-old, according to local media. Graeme Groom, a British surgeon working in the hospital who operated on the surviving son, Adam, told the BBC that it was 'unbearably cruel' that Alaa lost almost all her family in the Israeli strike. He said that Adam's 'left arm was just about hanging off, he was covered in fragment injuries and he had several substantial lacerations'. 'Since both his parents are doctors, he seemed to be among the privileged group within Gaza, but as we lifted him onto the operating table, he felt much younger than 11.' On Thursday, Italy's government offered to treat Adam after his uncle, Ali, told Italy's La Repubblica newspaper that Nasser hospital was ill-equipped to treat him. The Italian foreign ministry said it was willing to transfer the boy to Italy and was looking into the feasibility of the proposal. The Israeli military confirmed it carried out an air strike on Khan Younis on the day the al-Najjar family were struck, but said it was targeting suspects in a structure that was close to Israeli soldiers. The military was looking into claims that 'uninvolved civilians' were killed, it said. On Sunday, meanwhile, at least 31 Palestinians were killed and more than 170 wounded after Israeli forces fired towards crowds on their way to a US-backed aid distribution centre near Rafah, according to health officials and witnesses. Health officials and a witness said at least three people going to get aid were also killed in the same spot by Israeli fire this morning. Israeli forces have denied shooting at civilians, claiming troops only fired warning shots when 'suspects' had advanced towards them. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he was 'appalled by the reports of Palestinians killed and injured while seeking aid in Gaza'. 'It is unacceptable that Palestinians are risking their lives for food.' 'I call for an immediate and independent investigation into these events and for perpetrators to be held accountable,' he said in a statement on Monday. Israel and the United States say they helped establish the new aid system after accusing Hamas of siphoning off supplies. U.N. agencies deny there is any systemic diversion of aid and say the new system violates humanitarian principles by allowing Israel to control who receives aid and by forcing Palestinians to travel long distances to receive it. More Trending Palestinians must pass close to Israeli forces and cross military lines to reach the aid hubs, in contrast to the U.N. aid network, which delivers aid to where Palestinians are located. Israel's military campaign has killed more than 54,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, according to Gaza's Health Ministry. Israel has vowed to continue the war until all the hostages are returned, and Hamas is defeated or disarmed and sent into exile. It has said it will maintain control of Gaza indefinitely and facilitate what it refers to as the voluntary emigration of much of its population. Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@ For more stories like this, check our news page. MORE: Eight injured in Colorado flamethrower attack during pro-Israel rally MORE: Steve Coogan reads the names of over 15,000 children killed in Gaza at powerful vigil MORE: Gaza's 'youngest influencer', 11, killed in airstrike along with dozens of other children
Saudi Gazette
02-06-2025
- Health
- Saudi Gazette
Gaza doctor whose nine children were killed in Israeli strike dies from injuries
JERUSALEM — A Palestinian doctor whose children were killed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza on 23 May has died from injuries sustained in the same attack, health officials say. Dr Hamdi al-Najjar, 40, had just returned from dropping his wife, Dr Alaa al-Najjar, off at Nasser Hospital, where the couple both worked, when their home in Khan Younis was struck. Nine of their children were killed, while the 10th was severely injured. Hamdi was treated in hospital for brain and internal injuries but died on Saturday. Alaa and their 11-year-old son Adam, who remains in hospital, are the sole remaining survivors of the family. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said at the time that the incident was being reviewed. The couple founded a private medical compound in Khan Younis, of which Hamdi was the head. His brother, Dr Ali al-Najjar, described him as a loving father who would tend to poorer patients for free. Their children Yahya, Rakan, Ruslan, Jubran, Eve, Rivan, Saydeen, Luqman and Sidra were all killed in the attack. The eldest was 12 years old and the youngest six months, according to local sustained significant injuries to his brain, lungs, right arm, and kidney in the strike, Dr Milena Angelova-Chee, a Bulgarian doctor working at Nasser hospital, told the BBC last Groom, a British surgeon working in the hospital who operated on the surviving son, Adam, told the BBC that it was "unbearably cruel" that his mother Alaa, who spent years caring for children as a paediatrician, could lose almost all her own in a single said that Adam's "left arm was just about hanging off, he was covered in fragment injuries and he had several substantial lacerations.""Since both his parents are doctors, he seemed to be among the privileged group within Gaza, but as we lifted him onto the operating table, he felt much younger than 11."Italy's government on Thursday offered to treat Adam after an appeal from his uncle, Dr Ali al-Najjar, who told Italy's La Repubblica newspaper that the Nasser hospital was ill-equipped to treat him."He needs to be taken away immediately, to a real hospital, outside of the Gaza Strip. I beg the Italian government to do something, take him, Italians save him," he said."The Italian government has expressed its willingness to transfer the seriously injured boy to Italy," the foreign ministry said in a statement, adding that it was studying the feasibility of the the time, the IDF said in response to reports of the strike that "an aircraft struck several suspects identified by IDF forces as operating in a building near troops in the Khan Younis area, a dangerous combat zone that had been evacuated of civilians in advance for their protection. The claim of harm to uninvolved individuals is being reviewed."Israel launched a military campaign in Gaza in response to Hamas's cross-border attack on 7 October 2023, in which about 1,200 people were killed and 251 others were taken least 54,418 people have been killed in Gaza during the war, according to the territory's Hamas-run health ministry. — BBC
Middle East Eye
02-06-2025
- Health
- Middle East Eye
Palestinian doctor who lost nine children in Israeli attack dies from wounds
A Palestinian doctor, who lost nine children in an Israeli strike in late May, has died from wounds sustained in the same attack. Hamdi al-Najjar, 40, is survived by his wife Alaa al-Najjar, a doctor at al-Tahrir hospital within the Nasser Medical Complex, and his 11-year-old son Adam, who is still receiving treatment for his injuries. Shortly before the strike on 23 May, Alaa had left for work with Hamdi, who then returned home. Not long after, an Israeli strike hit their house in the Qizan al-Najjar area in southern Khan Younis, killing nine of their 10 children and wounding the 10th. Alaa, a paediatric specialist, was treating victims of Israeli bombardments that day when her own children and husband were brought to her. New MEE newsletter: Jerusalem Dispatch Sign up to get the latest insights and analysis on Israel-Palestine, alongside Turkey Unpacked and other MEE newsletters Najjar sustained serious wounds and remained in intensive care until he died on Saturday, nearly a week after the attack. Footage released by the Palestinian Civil Defence showed rescue crews pulling the children's bodies from the rubble, as flames engulfed the family's home. Hampered by a lack of proper equipment and the vast scale of destruction, civil defence workers could be heard calling into the rubble, desperately searching for signs of life. The civil defence team reported that seven bodies were recovered and transferred to Nasser hospital, where their mother works. Two others, including a six-month-old baby, remained trapped under the rubble at the time. The children were identified as Yahya, Rakan, Ruslan, Jubran, Eve, Revan, Sayden, Luqman and Sidra. Speaking to Middle East Eye following the Israeli assault on the family home, Ali al-Najjar, Hamdi's brother, said he had found Hamdi lying motionless on the ground, with his son beside him. The home was engulfed in flames. 'The children were completely burnt,' he said. 'I carried my nephew Adam and my wounded cousin and rushed them to the hospital.' Moments later, he returned to the burning home - only to see his sister-in-law, the children's mother, arrive in horror. 'She had run on foot from the hospital to the house,' he said. 'Four of her children were pulled out, charred, right in front of her eyes,' he said. Ali described the ongoing agony of not knowing the fate of two missing children. 'Seven children were pulled from under the rubble, and two - Yahya, 13, and Sidra, just six months old - are still missing. We cannot find them.' He said civil defence teams resumed the search the next morning but found nothing. 'Their mother cannot even identify the bodies, the children are so badly burned she cannot tell who is who.' Ali questioned the reason behind the strike. 'I don't know why they were targeted. Why would they target my brother? There's no reason, unless it was because his wife is a doctor.' Collapse of healthcare system The health ministry reported on Sunday that at least 54,418 Palestinians have been killed in ongoing Israeli attacks across the blockaded Strip. War on Gaza: Palestinian healthcare workers are the true heroes Read More » According to the Government Media Office in Gaza, at least 1,580 of those killed since 7 October 2023 were medical personnel. Earlier this year, the UN warned that a "pattern" of destruction of Gaza's hospitals by Israeli forces has pushed its healthcare system to the "point of almost complete collapse". Since the report was published, the Israeli military has repeatedly targeted healthcare professionals, civil defence teams, aid workers and even patients. The latest instance of Israeli aggression on healthcare came on Sunday when the Noura al-Kaabi Kidney Dialysis Centre in the northern Gaza Strip was bombed. The Palestinian health ministry warned that the destruction of the centre poses a "catastrophic threat to the health of kidney patients, the consequences of which are unpredictable". "The occupation is working according to a dangerous methodology to empty the northern Gaza Strip of hospitals and specialised care centres," it added in a statement.
Yahoo
02-06-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Gaza doctor whose nine children were killed in Israeli strike dies from injuries
A Palestinian doctor whose children were killed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza on 23 May has died from injuries sustained in the same attack, health officials say. Dr Hamdi al-Najjar had just returned from dropping his wife, Dr Alaa al-Najjar, off at Nasser Hospital, where the couple both worked, when their home in Khan Younis was struck. Nine of their children were killed, while the 10th was severely injured. Hamdi was treated in hospital for brain and internal injuries but died on Saturday. Alaa and their 11-year-old son Adam, who remains in hospital, are the sole remaining survivors of the family. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said at the time that the incident was being reviewed. Red Cross says at least 21 killed and dozens shot in Gaza aid incident Hamas makes hostage pledge but demands changes to US Gaza ceasefire plan In a statement, it said "an aircraft struck several suspects identified by IDF forces as operating in a building near troops in the Khan Younis area, a dangerous combat zone that had been evacuated of civilians in advance for their protection. The claim of harm to uninvolved individuals is being reviewed." Dr Milena Angelova-Chee, a Bulgarian doctor working at Nasser hospital, told the BBC last week that Hamdi sustained significant injuries to his brain, lungs, right arm, and kidney in the attack. Graeme Groom, a British surgeon working in the hospital who operated on the couple's son, Adam, told the BBC it was "unbearably cruel" that his mother Alaa, who spent years caring for children as a paediatrician, could lose almost all her own in a single strike. He said that Adam's "left arm was just about hanging off, he was covered in fragment injuries and he had several substantial lacerations." "Since both his parents are doctors, he seemed to be among the privileged group within Gaza, but as we lifted him onto the operating table, he felt much younger than 11." Italy's government on Thursday offered to treat Adam after an appeal from his uncle, Dr Ali al-Najjar, who told Italy's La Repubblica newspaper that the Nasser hospital was ill-equipped to treat him. "He needs to be taken away immediately, to a real hospital, outside of the Gaza Strip. I beg the Italian government to do something, take him, Italians save him," he said. "The Italian government has expressed its willingness to transfer the seriously injured boy to Italy," the foreign ministry said in a statement, adding that it was studying the feasibility of the proposal. Israel launched a military campaign in Gaza in response to Hamas's cross-border attack on 7 October 2023, in which about 1,200 people were killed and 251 others were taken hostage. At least 54,418 people have been killed in Gaza during the war, according to the territory's Hamas-run health ministry. 'Situation is dire' - BBC returns to Gaza baby left hungry by Israeli blockade Hopes of parenthood crushed after IVF embryos destroyed in Israel's Gaza offensive Chaos spreads as desperate Gazans wait for food to arrive
Indian Express
01-06-2025
- Health
- Indian Express
Gaza doctor who lost his 9 children in Israeli airstrike dies
Gazan media outlets reported on Sunday (Jun 1) that Dr. Hamdi al-Najjar, a physician in Gaza's Khan Younis, has died of wounds sustained in an Israeli airstrike last week that killed nine of his ten children. According to The Times of Israel, Najjar's death was reported overnight. A widely circulated photo from a few days earlier showed him standing next to his only surviving child, 11-year-old Adam, without visible injuries, though the cause and timeline of his fatal condition remain unclear. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) responded to the incident, stating: An aircraft targeted several suspects identified by IDF forces operating in a structure near their position in the Khan Younis area. Khan Younis is a dangerous combat zone that was cleared of civilians by the IDF for their protection prior to the start of operations. Claims of harm to non-combatants are under review. As reported by The Guardian, in the early hours of Friday last week, Dr. Alaa al-Najjar, a 35-year-old paediatrician at the Nasser Medical Complex and Hamdi's wife, said goodbye to her ten children before leaving for work. Her youngest, six-month-old Sayden, was still asleep. With airstrikes occurring dangerously close to their home in Khan Younis, she worried daily about leaving them behind—but her medical duty to treat wounded infants left her no choice. A few hours later, seven of her children's charred bodies arrived at the same hospital where she worked. Two others, including Sayden, were still trapped under the rubble. Only one child, Adam, survived the strike along with their father, Hamdi. Hamdi's brother, Ali al-Najjar, rushed to the site after hearing the house had been bombed. I found my nephew Adam lying on the road under the rubble… covered in soot, his clothes torn, but his soul was still inside him. My brother was on the other side, bleeding from his head and chest, with his arm cut off. He was still breathing with difficulty. Alaa arrived at the scene just as her daughter Revan's body was being retrieved. Her body was completely burnt… nothing remained of her skin or flesh. Too disfigured to be identified by appearance, the children were recognised individually at the hospital morgue, according to sources at the Nasser Hospital. Their names were Yahya, Rakan, Ruslan, Jubran, Eve, Revan, Sayden, Luqman, and Sidra. Despite the overwhelming loss, Alaa went directly to check on her surviving son and husband after the burial. Hamdi had suffered severe brain damage and chest fractures. Adam's condition was described as moderate to severe. The Gaza Health Ministry reports that nearly 54,000 Palestinians have been killed since the war began, including more than 16,500 children. (With inputs from The Times of Israel and The Guardian)
