Father of 9 children killed in Israeli strike on Gaza being treated in intensive care

Thomson Reuters

· Posted: May 25, 2025 12:32 PM EDT | Last Updated: May 25

The begetter of nine children killed successful an Israeli subject onslaught successful Gaza implicit the weekend remains successful intensive care, said a doc connected Sunday at the infirmary treating him.

Hamdi Al-Najjar, himself a doctor, was astatine location successful Khan Younis with his 10 children erstwhile an Israeli airstrike hit, killing each but 1 of them. He was rushed to the adjacent Nasser Hospital successful confederate Gaza, wherever helium is being treated for his injuries.

Abdul Aziz Al-Farra, a thoracic surgeon, said Najjar had undergone 2 operations to halt bleeding successful his abdomen and thorax and that helium sustained different wounds, including to his head.

"May God heal him and assistance him," Farra said, speaking by the bedside of an intubated and heavy bandaged Najjar.

The Israeli subject has confirmed it conducted an airstrike connected Khan Younis connected Friday but said it was targeting suspects successful a operation that was adjacent to Israeli soldiers.

The subject is looking into claims that "uninvolved civilians" were killed, it said, adding that the subject had evacuated civilians from the country earlier the cognition began.

According to aesculapian officials successful Gaza, the 9 children were aged betwixt 1 and 12 years old. The kid that survived, a boy, is successful superior but unchangeable condition, the infirmary has said.

Najjar's wife, Alaa, besides a doctor, was not astatine location astatine the time of the strike. She was treating Palestinians injured in Israel's nearly 20-month warfare successful Gaza against Hamas successful the same infirmary wherever her hubby and lad are receiving care.

"She went to her location and saw her children burned, whitethorn God help her," said her sister-in-law, Tahani Yahya Al-Najjar.

Tahani said she visited her member successful infirmary connected Sunday, whispering to him that she was there: "You are OK, this volition pass."

'We started pulling retired charred bodies'

On Saturday, Ali Al-Najjar said that helium rushed to his brother's location aft the strike, which had sparked a occurrence that threatened to illness the home, and searched done the rubble.

"We started pulling retired charred bodies," helium said.

In its connection astir the airstrike, the Israeli military said Khan Younis was a "dangerous warfare zone."

Practically each of Gaza's much than 2 cardinal Palestinians have been displaced aft astir 20 months of war.

The warfare erupted aft Hamas militants attacked Israel successful October 2023, killing astir 1,200, mostly civilians, and abducting 251 more.

Palestinians hold to person aid, successful Gaza City, May 25, 2025. (Stringer/Reuters)

 
Israel's military campaign, which its leaders person said is aimed at uprooting Hamas and securing the merchandise of the hostages, has killed much than 53,000 Palestinians, Gaza health officials say.

Most of them are civilians, including much than 16,500 children nether the property of 18, according to Gaza's Health Ministry.