Woman doctor loses 9 of her 10 children in Israeli airstrike on her home in Gaza
Her husband, also a doctor, and their only surviving child are in a critical condition.
The sun rises over destroyed buildings in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip on 22 June 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas. Picture: AFP
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Dr. Alaa al-Najjar, a Gaza paediatrician, experienced unimaginable tragedy when nine of her ten children were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza.
The strike hit their home near Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on Friday.
Her husband, Dr Hamdi al-Najjar and their surviving child were both severely injured in the attack and are in critical condition in hospital.
Al-Najjar was at work at the al-Tahrir clinic in Nasser Medical Complex when the bodies of her children were brought in. Gilchrist says she collapsed.
“This is just impossible to imagine… War is brutal but this goes somehow even further than that.”
- Adam Gilchrist, International News Correspondent
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