The daddy of 9 kids killed in an Israeli navy strike in Gaza over the weekend stays in intensive care, mentioned a health care provider on Sunday at the hospital treating him.
Hamdi Al-Najjar, himself a health care provider, was at house in Khan Younis together with his 10 kids when an Israeli airstrike hit, killing all however one in all them. He was rushed to the close by Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza, the place he’s being handled for his accidents.
Abdul Aziz Al-Farra, a thoracic surgeon, mentioned Najjar had undergone two operations to cease bleeding in his stomach and chest and that he sustained different wounds, together with to his head.
“Might God heal him and assist him,” Farra mentioned, talking by the bedside of an intubated and closely bandaged Najjar.
The Israeli navy has confirmed it carried out an airstrike on Khan Younis on Friday however mentioned it was focusing on suspects in a construction that was near Israeli troopers.
Hamdi Al-Najjar, a wounded Palestinian father and physician who, in response to medics, misplaced 9 of his 10 kids in an Israeli airstrike on Gaza over the weekend, lies in a hospital mattress within the intensive care unit at Nasser Hospital. (Hatem Khaled/Reuters)
The navy is trying into claims that “uninvolved civilians” have been killed, it mentioned, including that the navy had evacuated civilians from the realm earlier than the operation started.
In line with medical officers in Gaza, the 9 kids have been aged between one and 12 years previous. The kid that survived, a boy, is in critical however secure situation, the hospital has mentioned.
Najjar’s spouse, Alaa, additionally a health care provider, was not at house on the time of the strike. She was treating Palestinians injured in Israel’s practically 20-month struggle in Gaza in opposition to Hamas within the identical hospital the place her husband and son are receiving care.
“She went to her home and noticed her kids burned, might God assist her,” mentioned her sister-in-law, Tahani Yahya Al-Najjar.
Tahani mentioned she visited her brother in hospital on Sunday, whispering to him that she was there: “You’re OK, this can cross.”
‘We began pulling out charred our bodies’
On Saturday, Ali Al-Najjar mentioned that he rushed to his brother’s home after the strike, which had sparked a hearth that threatened to break down the house, and searched via the rubble.
“We began pulling out charred our bodies,” he mentioned.
Hamdi Al-Najjar’s spouse, pediatrician Alaa Al-Najjar, left, is seen at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, within the southern Gaza Strip, on Sunday. (Hatem Khaled/Reuters)
In its assertion concerning the airstrike, the Israeli navy mentioned Khan Younis was a “harmful struggle zone.”
Virtually all of Gaza’s greater than two million Palestinians have been displaced after practically 20 months of struggle.
The struggle erupted after Hamas militants attacked Israel in October 2023, killing round 1,200, largely civilians, and abducting 251 extra.
Palestinians wait to obtain assist, in Gaza Metropolis, Might 25, 2025. (Stringer/Reuters)
Israel’s navy marketing campaign, which its leaders have mentioned is geared toward uprooting Hamas and securing the discharge of the hostages, has killed greater than 53,000 Palestinians, Gaza well being officers say.
Most of them are civilians, together with greater than 16,500 kids below the age of 18, in response to Gaza’s Well being Ministry.
