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Gulf Today
2 days ago
- Health
- Gulf Today
Gaza doctor who lost 9 children in Israeli bombing dies of injuries
Gaza doctor who lost nine of his children in an Israeli airstrike has died from wounds sustained in the same attack, a foreign news agency reports, citing local health officials. His death leaves his 11-year-old son as the sole survivor of the attack. Dr Hamdi Al Najjar was critically injured when Israeli forces bombed his home on May 24 in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis. His wife and pediatrician Alaa Al Najjar was devastated to receive the charred bodies of her nine children at the Nasser Medical Complex while she was on duty. Her only surviving child, Adam, and her husband, Dr Hamdi, were both injured. Dozens of Palestinians marched on Sunday at the funeral of a Dr Hamdi Al Najjar. Mourners attend the funeral of Hamdi Al Najjar in Khan Younis on Sunday. Reuters The Israeli military has confirmed it conducted an air strike on Khan Younis that day. Israel's campaign has devastated much of Gaza, killing more than 54,000 Palestinians and destroying most buildings. Much of the population now lives in shelters in makeshift camps.
Free Malaysia Today
3 days ago
- Health
- Free Malaysia Today
Rescuers say 9 children of Gaza doctor couple killed in Israeli strike
In a video released by Gaza Civil Defense, workers gather human remains after an Israeli strike killed nine children in Khan Younis. (AP pic) GAZA CITY : Gaza's civil defence agency said Saturday that an Israeli strike in the southern city of Khan Yunis killed nine children of a pair of married doctors, with the Israeli army saying it was reviewing the reports. Israel has stepped up its campaign in Gaza in recent days, drawing international criticism as well as calls to allow in more supplies after it partially eased a total blockade on aid imposed on March 2. Civil defence spokesman Mahmud Bassal said the agency had retrieved 'the bodies of nine child martyrs, some of them charred, from the home of Dr Hamdi al-Najjar and his wife, Dr Alaa al-Najjar, all of whom were their children'. He added that Hamdi al-Najjar and another son, Adam, were also seriously wounded in the strike on Friday, and that the family was taken to Nasser Hospital. A medical source at the hospital gave Adam's age as 10 years old. Muneer Alboursh, director general of the health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza, said on X that the strike happened shortly after Hamdi Al-Najjar returned home from driving his wife, a paediatric specialist, to work at the same facility. 'This is the reality our medical staff in Gaza endure. Words fall short in describing the pain,' he said, accusing Israel of 'wiping out entire families'. Footage of the aftermath released by the civil defence agency showed rescuers recovering badly burned remains from the damaged home. Asked about the incident, the Israeli military said it had 'struck a number of suspects who were identified operating from a structure' near its troops. 'The Khan Yunis area is a dangerous warzone,' it added. 'The claim regarding harm to uninvolved civilians is under review.' The army had issued an evacuation warning for the city on Monday. The children's funeral took place at Nasser Hospital, AFP footage showed. Fresh strikes Bassal told AFP that Israeli strikes since the early hours had killed at least 15 people across Gaza as of Saturday afternoon. He said the dead included a couple killed with their two young children in a pre-dawn strike on a house in the Amal quarter of Khan Yunis. To the west of the city, at least five people were killed by a drone strike on a crowd of people that had gathered to wait for aid trucks, he added. At Nasser Hospital, tearful mourners gathered Saturday around white-shrouded bodies outside. 'Suddenly, a missile from an F-16 destroyed the entire house, and all of them were civilians – my sister, her husband and their children,' said Wissam Al-Madhoun. 'What did this child do to (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu?' In a statement, the military said that over the past day the air force had struck more than 100 targets across the territory. 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. 'Attempt to sow panic' United Nations chief Antonio Guterres said on Friday that Palestinians were enduring 'the cruellest phase' of the war in Gaza, where Israel's lengthy blockade has led to widespread shortages of food and medicine. Limited aid deliveries to the Gaza Strip restarted on Monday for the first time since March 2. The Gaza City municipality, meanwhile, warned Saturday of 'a potential large-scale water crisis' due to a lack of supplies needed to repair damaged infrastructure. Hamas's October 2023 attack on Israel that triggered the war resulted in the deaths of 1,218 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on official figures. Militants also took 251 hostages, 57 of whom remain in Gaza including 34 the Israeli military says are dead. Demonstrators gathered yet again in Tel Aviv on Saturday night for their regular protest calling for the captives' freedom, carrying a giant banner that read 'Save the hostages, end the war'. 'We want the war to end now because we see… that the war will not lead to the release of the hostages, and that it will bring more death, more misery on both sides,' demonstrator Jonathan Adereth told AFP. Early Saturday morning, Israel's National Cyber Directorate said it had received 'numerous inquiries' regarding citizens 'receiving phone calls in which recordings are played featuring the voice of a hostage, sounds of explosions and screams'. Israeli media said the calls featured audio apparently taken from a video of hostage Yosef Haim Ohana published by Hamas earlier this month. 'This is an attempt to sow panic and confusion among the public,' the directorate said of the calls, adding 'the matter is under investigation'.
Irish Times
3 days ago
- Health
- Irish Times
Gaza doctor whose nine children were killed in Israeli strike dies from wounds of same attack
A Palestinian father who had lost nine of his 10 children in an Israeli air strike has died from wounds sustained in the same attack, local health officials have said. Hamdi al-Najjar (40), a doctor at Nasser hospital, was critically injured when Israeli forces bombed his family home in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis on May 23rd, killing nine of his children. He had just returned home after accompanying his wife Alaa, a paediatrician at the Nasser medical complex, to work when the building was struck. He had initially survived alongside his son Adam (11), who is still in hospital. Footage shared by the director of Gaza's ministry for health and verified by the Guardian showed the burnt, dismembered bodies of Najjar's children being pulled from the rubble of their house near a petrol station as flames engulfed what remained of the family's home. Alaa had received the bodies while she was still at work. Sources at the Nasser hospital who transferred the children's bodies one by one to the morgue said their mother was not able to identify them, so bad were the burns. READ MORE Doctors told said her husband was suffering from severe injuries – brain damage and fractures caused by shrapnel, along with shrapnel wounds and fractures in the chest. He was placed on a ventilator and fitted with medical tubes. On Sunday, they said, he died from the severe wounds sustained in the attack. An uncle of the nine children, Dr Ali al-Najjar, is a Palestinian doctor who works at Sligo University Hospital . Earlier this week he called on Ireland to end Israeli 'impunity' and play its role in bringing 'accountability' to those responsible for death and destruction in Gaza . 'The whole point of sharing my voice is I hope the tragedy Alaa had is going to be the last tragedy. If what happened, happened for a reason, and puts more pressure to end this war of injustice and end this nightmare, I will be satisfied,' Ali said. Adam (11), the only surviving child of Dr Alaa al-Najjar, at Nasser Hospital. Photograph: Hani Alshaer/Anadolu Following an appeal issued by Adam's uncle and reported by the Italian newspaper La Repubblica, Italy's minister for foreign affairs Antonio Tajani said the country was ready to receive Adam for medical care and was working to arrange his evacuation on June 11th. Italy had expressed a willingness to evacuate both the father and mother as well, but due to Najjar's critical condition, transferring him out of Gaza was deemed too dangerous. His wife had agreed for their son, Adam, to be taken to Italy with an aunt and three cousins, but said she would remain by her husband's side. After Najjar's death, sources within the Italian ministry for foreign affairs have indicated that his wife may also be evacuated to Italy. – Guardian
The Guardian
3 days ago
- Health
- The Guardian
Gaza doctor who lost nine children in Israeli airstrike dies from wounds in same attack
A Palestinian father who had lost nine of his 10 children in an Israeli airstrike has died from wounds sustained in the same attack, local health officials said on Sunday. Hamdi al-Najjar, 40, a doctor at Nasser hospital, was critically injured when Israeli forces bombed the family house in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis on May 23, killing nine of his children. He had just returned home after accompanying his wife Alaa, a paediatrician at the Nasser medical complex, to work when the building was struck. He had initially survived alongside his son Adam, 11, who is still in hospital. Even by the terrible standards of the Gaza conflict, their deaths had shocked the international community. Footage shared by the director of Gaza's health ministry and verified by the Guardian showed the burnt, dismembered bodies of Najjar's children being pulled from the rubble of their house near a petrol station as flames still engulfed what remained of the family's home. His wife Alaa had received the bodies while she was still at work. Sources at the Nasser hospital who transferred the children's bodies one by one to the morgue said their mother was not able to identify them, so bad were the burns. Doctors told the Guardian her husband was suffering from severe injuries – brain damage and fractures caused by shrapnel, along with shrapnel wounds and fractures in the chest. He was placed on a ventilator and fitted with medical tubes. On Sunday, they said, he passed away from the severe wounds sustained in the attack. Following an appeal issued by Adam's uncle, Ali al-Najjar, 50, and reported by the Italian newspaper La Repubblica, Italy's foreign minister, Antonio Tajani, said the country was ready to receive Adam for medical care and was working to arrange his evacuation on 11 June. Italy had expressed a willingness to evacuate both the father and mother as well, but due to Najjar's critical condition, transferring him out of Gaza was deemed too dangerous. His wife had agreed for their son, Adam, to be taken to Italy with an aunt and three cousins, but said she would remain by her husband's side. After Najjar's death, sources within the Italian foreign ministry have indicated that his wife may now also be evacuated to Italy.
Al Jazeera
3 days ago
- General
- Al Jazeera
Gaza doctor dies after Israeli bombing killed nine of his children
NewsFeed Gaza doctor dies after Israeli bombing killed nine of his children Gaza Doctor Hamdi al-Najjar has died 8 days after suffering severe injuries in an Israeli strike that killed nine of his 10 children. His death leaves his 11-year-old son as the sole survivor of the attack.
