Gaza doctor who lost 9 children in Israeli bombing dies of injuries
- Last updated: June 1, 2025 | 22:09
Gaza doctor who lost nine of his children in an Israeli airstrike has died from wounds sustained in the same attack, a foreign news agency reports, citing local health officials. His death leaves his 11-year-old son as the sole survivor of the attack.
Dr Hamdi Al Najjar was critically injured when Israeli forces bombed his home on May 24 in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis.
His wife and pediatrician Alaa Al Najjar was devastated to receive the charred bodies of her nine children at the Nasser Medical Complex while she was on duty.
Her only surviving child, Adam, and her husband, Dr Hamdi, were both injured.
Dozens of Palestinians marched on Sunday at the funeral of a Dr Hamdi Al Najjar.
The Israeli military has confirmed it conducted an air strike on Khan Younis that day.
Israel's campaign has devastated much of Gaza, killing more than 54,000 Palestinians and destroying most buildings. Much of the population now lives in shelters in makeshift camps.