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Israeli airstrike in Gaza kills nine children of a doctor

Khan Younis, May 25 (UNI) Nine of the ten children of a doctor were killed when an Israeli air strike on Gaza hit her home, said the hospital where she works in this city.
According to a doctor in Nasser hospital, one of Dr Alaa al-Najjar's children and her husband were injured but survived.
Graeme Groom, a British surgeon working in the hospital who operated on her surviving 11-year-old boy, told the BBC it was "unbearably cruel" that his mother, who spent years caring for children as a paediatrician, could lose almost all her own in a single missile strike.
On the other hand, Israel's military said it was reviewing "the claim regarding harm to uninvolved civilians, Al Jazeera reported.
The Israeli military said its aircraft had struck "a number of suspects" in Khan Younis on Friday.
Meanwhile, a viral video shared by the director of the Hamas-run health ministry showed small burned bodies lifted from the rubble of a strike in Khan Younis.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said its "aircraft struck a number of suspects who were identified operating from a structure adjacent to IDF troops in the area of Khan Younis".
"The Khan Younis area is a dangerous war zone. Before beginning operations there, the IDF evacuated civilians from this area for their own safety," the IDF said.
Dr Muneer Alboursh, director of the health ministry, said on X that the al-Najjars' family house was hit minutes after Dr al-Najjar's husband Hamdi had returned home after driving his wife to work.
Groom said the children's father was "very badly injured", with a "penetrating injury to his head".
Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 53,901 Palestinians and wounded 122,593, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
The Government Media Office, however, updated the toll to more than 61,700, Al Jazeera reported.
Israel launched its war on Gaza after an estimated 1,139 people were killed in the Jewish state during the Hamas-led attacks on October 7, 2023, and more than 200 were taken captive. UNI SSP
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