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Yahoo
25-05-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Israeli air strike kills nine of Gaza doctor's 10 children
An Israeli air strike on a family home in southern Gaza killed nine siblings on Friday, leaving their 11-year-old brother as the only surviving child. The children, aged 12 and under, were those of Dr Alaa al-Najjar, who was at work when she received the news, according to Ali al-Najjar, her brother-in-law. After rushing back to her family home, she witnessed the charred bodies of four of her children being pulled out the rubble. 'They weren't just burned, they were roasted. No face, no hands, no back,' said Mr Najjar, who was also helping at the scene. The tragedy comes as Israel's relationship with its allies plunges to new lows since it began its war in Gaza. France, the UK and Canada have in recent weeks issued their strongest condemnation yet for the brutality of Israel's offensive, while Donald Trump's decision to avoid visiting Israel on a trip to the Middle East suggests he is also losing patience with the Israeli leader. Friday's attack happened in the Khan Younis minutes after Dr Hamdi al-Najjar, their father, returned from driving their mother to work at the city's Nasser Hospital, according to Ali al-Najjar, Hamdi's brother. Dr Hamdi Najjar, also a doctor at the hospital, was critically wounded with a head injury. Ahmad al-Farra, the head of the hospital's paediatrics department, said: 'It is unbelievable. 'You can't imagine the shock that [Dr Najjar] had when she heard about that [attack]. But up until now, she is trying to be near her son and her husband to survive.' Adam, the surviving child, 11, underwent surgery for severe injuries including lacerations and his left arm that was nearly severed, said Graeme Groom, a British surgeon who operated on the boy. 'His left arm was just about hanging off, he was covered in fragment injuries,' Mr Groom said, adding that Adam was 'quite small' for his age. '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.' Mr Groom said in an interview with the BBC: 'Our little boy could survive, but we don't know about his father.' Colleagues of the couple told media outlets that the family had no ties to Hamas. Mr Groom said he had been told the father had 'no political and no military connections and doesn't seem to be prominent on social media'. Dr Hamdi Najjar was also seriously wounded and suffered what Mr Groom described as a 'penetrating injury to his head'. Hospital officials said both the father and surviving son were injured but alive. A spokesman for Gaza's Hamas-run civil defence, said that rescue teams had found eight bodies and several injured people after a strike on the al-Najjar family home near a petrol station. A hospital first reported on Facebook that eight children were killed, then later said the number had risen to nine. Dr Youssef Abu al-Rish, speaking for the Hamas-run health ministry, said he saw Dr Alaa Najjar in the operating room waiting for news about her surviving son and tried to comfort her. Youssef al-Najjar, a relative to the family, said in an interview: 'Enough. Have mercy on us. We plead to all countries, the international community, the people, Hamas, and all factions to have mercy. 'We are exhausted from displacement and hunger.' The Israel Defence Forces said its aircraft had struck 'a number of suspects who were identified operating from a structure adjacent to IDF troops in the area of Khan Younis'. The military added 'the claim regarding harm to uninvolved civilians is under review'. In a statement, the IDF said the Khan Younis area was 'a dangerous war zone' and that it had evacuated civilians from the area before beginning operations for their safety. Hamas described the air strike as 'a horrific massacre'. Francesca Albanese, the UN's special rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories, called the attack part of a 'distinguishable sadistic pattern of the new phase of the genocide'. Antonio Guterres, the UN secretary-general, warned that Gaza is facing what could be the 'cruellest phase' of the war and criticised Israel's restrictions on aid. Israel had blocked food, fuel, medicine and other supplies from entering Gaza for nearly three months, worsening the humanitarian crisis for 2.3 million Palestinians. The country partially lifted the blockade last week, with 83 trucks carrying flour, food, medical equipment and pharmaceutical drugs entering Gaza on Friday. However, the UN has repeatedly said the amount of aid delivered into Gaza has been insufficient, calling for 500 to 600 trucks daily compared to current levels. Broaden your horizons with award-winning British journalism. Try The Telegraph free for 1 month with unlimited access to our award-winning website, exclusive app, money-saving offers and more.
Metro
24-05-2025
- Health
- Metro
Gazan doctor receives the charred remains of nine of her 10 children
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video 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. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video 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. Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@ For more stories like this, check our news page. MORE: A mum in Gaza told me her children are waiting to die MORE: Everything we know so far about Washington DC shooting suspect Elias Rodriguez MORE: Eurovision winner JJ leads calls for Israel to be banned from song contest
Yahoo
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
TV Production Design roundtable panel: ‘American Primeval,' ‘Beast Games,' ‘Étoile'
For our Meet the Experts: TV Production Design roundtable, Gold Derby gathered together two production designers and a set decorator to discuss their beginnings in the industry and which moments they're most proud of throughout their careers. Joining us were American Primeval set decorator David Hack, Beast Games production designer Stephen Leonhardt, and Étoile production designer Bill Groom. Watch the full group panel above. Click each person's name to watch their individual interview. More from GoldDerby 'Sentimental Value' hailed as a 'masterpiece,' the 'best movie' at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival 'The Daily Show' editor Cathy Trasborg on letting Trump supporters 'reveal themselves' in the edit: 'We just let them play out' 'Beast Games' editor Mack Hopkins on the scene that was inspired by 'Dunkirk' "The Hudsucker Proxy," Leonhardt says without hesitation when asked for examples of the best production design in film and television. "That was right at the time in my life when I was deciding what I was going to do professionally," he says of the Joel and Ethan Coen's longtime production design/set decoration team of Dennis Gassner and Nancy Haigh's work on the film. "The way that they built that clock into it; it's not a subtle statement, but a bold statement, and I think that always spoke to me," he explains. " I'm not a student of film. When I watch TV show or go to a movie, I just try to enjoy it and am not looking at it for the production design," Groom admits. " The scenery is not there to be noticed. It's there to be forgotten," he adds. " I will tell you the movie that did influence me the most is Bullitt with Steve McQueen, and that's because when I was in college, it was the first movie I had ever seen. I grew up in a fundamentalist Midwestern religion. Seeing movies was a sin, and so I didn't go to see a movie until I was in college, and that movie has a moment when the hitmen burst into a hotel room and the witness they're protecting is shot. I remember in that moment, first time I'd ever seen an image that big, 40-feet wide, I was doubled over in my seat," he recalls. "I had to go to the lobby to get some fresh air and then I managed to make my way back in. I think that's when I realized the impact that the image could make." For set decorator Hack says Doctor Zhivago is his gold standard in film, and on television he has really loved the attention to detail and craftmanship on Taylor Sheridan's Yellowstone prequel 1923, lauding Emmy-nominated production designer Cary White's work as " very beautifully done and executed for a streaming show." Every artist working in a film or series art department wants to create the most amazing sets, but must always ensure the physical spaces inhabited by the characters are also practical and authentic. "It's not necessarily about making something look amazing, but to make it look right," Groom says. " Sometimes, my favorite sets I've done are just the simplest ones, like a great location with the perfect piece of furniture in it." Leonhardt agrees, suggesting that "it's about being a spoke in a wheel, the way it works, and that form has to follow function. So the first question is never actually, how should it look, it's what does it have to do? And you have to answer those 'what does it have to do?' questions and what, what it has to do at some point has to do also with the audience experience," he explains. "How are people watching this going to feel? How are they supposed to feel? Is it scary? Is it intense? All of those things. But in the end, you have to answer what it has to do and then how it's supposed to look usually falls into place," he says, adding that "so many of the questions about how it looks are answered by what must it do." "Well, for me as a decorator, I see myself as a conduit," Hack says. "These really aren't my dreams. I'm trying to tune into someone else's dreams and make it come true. I try and serve people like Stephen and Bill who come up with a design that they want to achieve," he reveals. This article and video are presented by Prime Video and Netflix. SIGN UP for Gold Derby's free newsletter with latest predictions Best of GoldDerby 'Étoile' editor Tim Streeto on reuniting with the Palladinos for the Prime Video ballet series 'The Daily Show' editor Cathy Trasborg on letting Trump supporters 'reveal themselves' in the edit: 'We just let them play out' 'Beast Games' editor Mack Hopkins on the scene that was inspired by 'Dunkirk' Click here to read the full article.
Yahoo
02-04-2025
- Yahoo
New Haven headstone company owner speaks after customers claim they were scammed
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — Grieving families say they've been taken advantage of by a local monument company. They say all they're trying to do is honor their loved ones who've passed. Since we first aired this story, it has taken many twists and turns. Now, a good Samaritan has stepped forward, we've learned the Connecticut Attorney General's Office is taking swift action, and the owner of this monument company talked exclusively with News 8 Investigative Reporter Jeff Derderian. Connecticut families claim they were scammed by monuments company 'Anyone that has a stone, they are going to get it, but right now I'm having my lawyer dealing with all this,' said Eric Reichbart, the owner of Spartan-Giordano Monuments in New Haven. Michelle Groom said she paid in full for her mom's stone, but still doesn't have it. It sits unfinished behind the business's fence. 'He showed me the mockup, her picture is right here, I finished paying him off, and I never heard nothing else,' Groom said. 'I wanted to put it down for her birthday because I wasn't ready at the time when she passed, because it makes it final.' Groom is not alone. Willona Ferguson is still waiting for her mom's marker. But her story took an unexpected turn. A stranger has stepped forward, offering to help the family get the cemetery marker at a deep discount. 'My family is very, very grateful and thankful,' Ferguson said. 'But I still, even for other families, we want to see justice served because this shouldn't happen at all.' Reichbart answered the door and answered our questions. He promised he would get people their stones once he was in a new location, and he never meant to hurt anyone. 'Listen, when I make a stone, I treat it, I make it a really good stone,' Reichbart said. 'I had no idea I was going to get sick.' Volunteers clean community garden in honor of Yale's inauguration of president Connecticut Attorney General William Tong told News 8 that a 14-page civil demand letter is now being sent to the owner. The letter demands several things from the owner, including information related to any complaints. Specifically, all communications, contracts, agreements, orders, bills, payments and a complete description of all services provided to the consumer. 'The Civil Investigative Demand or CID requires information by a certain date, and this is an actual law enforcement response, so we do expect it to be taken seriously,' Tong said. Reichbart said he'll personally contact everyone when he's in his new spot. The attorney general's office sent him a demand letter, which he must answer by 5 p.m. April 25. Watch the full story above. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
