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Channel 4
2 days ago
- Health
- Channel 4
Israel-backed aid organisation denying attack in Gaza ‘nonsense' says surgeon
We spoke to Graeme Groom, a British surgeon currently working at Nasser Hospital in Gaza. He worked alongside Dr Hamdi al-Najjar, who today succumbed to his injuries from last week's air strike that killed nine of his ten children. We asked him what his understanding of the situation is, following the reported Israeli attacks on civilians near an aid distribution centre.
Channel 4
2 days ago
- Health
- Channel 4
Israel denying aid site attack in Gaza ‘nonsense' says surgeon
We spoke to Graeme Groom, a British surgeon currently working at Nasser Hospital in Gaza. He worked alongside Dr Hamdi al-Najjar, who today succumbed to his injuries from last week's air strike that killed nine of his ten children. We asked him what his understanding of the situation is, following the reported Israeli attacks on civilians near an aid distribution centre.
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First Post
26-05-2025
- Health
- First Post
The heartwrenching story of Gazan doctor couple who lost 9 children in Israeli strike
Hamdi Al-Najjar, a doctor, was at home in Khan Younis with his 10 children when an Israeli air strike hit, killing nine of them. The children who died were aged between seven months and 12 years. Al-Najjar was taken to Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza, where he is being treated for his injuries. His wife is a doctor too. Notably, Israel has intensified its offensive in Gaza, drawing international criticism and renewed calls to increase aid to the region read more Nine of a doctor's ten children were killed in Israel's renewed military offensive in Gaza. Palestinian Civil Defence/Reuters An Israeli air strike in the southern city of Khan Younis killed nine children and left their father in intensive care, as the military intensified its operations in Gaza. Hamdi Al-Najjar, a doctor, was at home in Khan Younis with his ten children when the air strike hit. Only one of his children survived. He was taken to Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza, where he is receiving treatment for his injuries. ALSO READ | Who is Elias Rodriguez, the man accused of killing Israel embassy staffers in Washington shooting? STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD Notably, Israel has stepped up its offensive in Gaza over the past few days, leading to international criticism and fresh appeals to allow more aid into the area. This comes after it slightly relaxed a full blockade on supplies that began on March 2. In this explainer, we look at what happened when the Israeli strike hit the region, what Israel said about the incident, and its recent ground operations in Gaza. Let's take a look: What happened? Nine of a doctor's ten children were killed in Israel's renewed military offensive , according to Gaza health officials. Alaa Najjar, a paediatrician at Nasser Hospital, was on duty when the strike happened. She rushed home to find the house in flames, said Ahmad al-Farra, head of the hospital's paediatric department. Her husband, Hamdi al-Najjar, was seriously injured, and their only surviving child, an eleven-year-old son, was critically wounded in Friday's attack on Khan Younis in southern Gaza, Farra said. The children who died were aged between seven months and twelve years. Khalil Al-Dokran, a spokesperson for Gaza's Health Ministry, told Associated Press that two of the children were still trapped under the rubble. Of the ten children, only one survived, along with their father, Hamdi al-Najjar, 40, who is also a doctor. Both are now in the hospital. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD Abdul Aziz Al-Farra, a thoracic surgeon, told Reuters that Hamdi had two surgeries to stop bleeding in his abdomen and chest. He also suffered other injuries, including to his head. Alaa, Najjar's wife, had been treating Palestinians wounded in the ongoing conflict with Israel in the same hospital where her husband and son are now being treated. 'This is the reality our medical staff in Gaza endure. Words fall short in describing the pain,' said Muneer Alboursh, director general of the health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza. He also accused Israel of 'wiping out entire families'. Hamdi Al-Najjar lies in a hospital bed in the Intensive Care Unit at Nasser Hospital. Reuters Video released by the civil defence agency showed rescuers pulling badly burned bodies from the ruins of the home. When her daughter Nibal's body was found, Alaa screamed her name, her brother-in-law recalled. The next day, under a tent set up near the destroyed home, the respected paediatrician sat in silence, still in shock. Around her, women cried as the sound of explosions echoed across Gaza, which has been under fire for more than a year and a half. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD What did Israel say? When asked about the incident, the Israeli military said it had 'struck a number of suspects who were identified operating from a structure' close to its troops. It added that 'the Khan Younis area is a dangerous warzone'. The military said the claim about civilian casualties was 'under review'. An evacuation warning for the city had been issued on Monday. However, the family's relatives said the air strike on Friday afternoon happened without any warning. Israel's new offensive in Gaza Israel's latest military campaign in Gaza aims to take control of about 75 per cent of the territory within two months, according to Israeli media reports citing a military briefing. The operation is intended to defeat Hamas or push its leaders into exile, while also increasing pressure on the group to release the hostages taken during its attack on October 7, 2023. ALSO READ | Why Israel is blaming Keir Starmer after Washington shooting that killed embassy staff The conflict, now stretching beyond 20 months, has displaced nearly the entire population of Gaza. Since early March, Israel has tightened its blockade on Gaza and its over two million residents. Limited aid deliveries resumed on Monday for the first time since the full blockade began on March 2, with a few trucks finally reaching Palestinians in need. However, Gaza City's municipality issued a warning on Saturday about the risk of a major water crisis, saying it lacked the materials required to repair damaged infrastructure. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD Meanwhile, demonstrators gathered again in Tel Aviv on Saturday night for their regular protest demanding the release of the hostages. They carried a large banner reading, 'Save the hostages, end the war.' A protest demanding the end of the war and the immediate release of hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip. AP The war began in October 2023 when Hamas launched an attack on Israel, killing around 1,200 people, most of them civilians, and taking 251 hostages. Israel's response has focused on dismantling Hamas and securing the return of the hostages. According to Gaza health officials, more than 53,000 Palestinians have been killed, including over 16,500 children under the age of 18. Most of the dead are civilians, the health ministry says. On Friday, United Nations chief Antonio Guterres said Palestinians were now facing 'the cruellest phase' of the war, with Israel's long-running blockade causing severe shortages of food and medicine. With inputs from agencies
LeMonde
26-05-2025
- LeMonde
Palestinian pediatrician in Gaza loses nine of her 10 children when her home is bombed
One by one, Palestinian rescue workers pulled out the charred bodies of the children; some were dismembered, their tiny blackened figures curled up. Carefully, they wrapped the corpses – which nearly fell apart with each movement – in small white body bags. All were siblings, nine in total, found in the still-smoldering rubble of their home in Khan Yunis, in southern Gaza, on the afternoon of Friday, May 23. In a video filmed by Gaza Civil Defense, rescuers lifted the body of their father, Hamdi al-Najjar, a doctor at Nasser Hospital, onto a stretcher. He was in critical condition. Only one of his 10 children, Adam, age 11, survived – he has undergone several surgeries. Their mother, pediatrician Alaa al-Najjar, was unharmed: she had just begun her hospital shift at 2:30 pm at Nasser Hospital, a 15-minute walk from their home. Her husband's brother, Ali Al-Najjar, rushed over as soon as he heard the explosion, arriving at the same time as the rescue workers. "I found Adam lying on the asphalt, covered in blood. I saw my brother, 25 meters away, on the ground, a wound on his hand, hemorrhaging from his head and chest," he recounted, visibly traumatized, in an interview with a Palestinian journalist from Al Araby TV channel.
Daily Tribune
26-05-2025
- Health
- Daily Tribune
Nine Children of Gaza Doctor Couple Killed
Email : editor@ Gaza's civil defence agency said yesterday 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. A medical source at Nasser Hospital, where Alaa al-Najjar works, gave Adam's age as 10 years old. Burned Remains 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.'
