Article 6XGW2 Israeli airstrike kills nine of Gaza doctor’s 10 children

Israeli airstrike kills nine of Gaza doctor’s 10 children

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Lorenzo Tondo in Jerusalem and Thaslima Begum
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Dr Alaa al-Najjar was on duty at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis when she received her children's bodies

An Israeli airstrike on Gaza hit the home of a doctor, killing nine of her 10 children while she was on duty at her hospital.

Dr Alaa al-Najjar, a paediatric specialist at al-Tahrir hospital within the Nasser medical complex, was treating victims of ongoing Israeli attacks across the Palestinian territory on Friday when she received the bodies of nine of her children killed by a strike in Khan Younis. The eldest of the children was 12.

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