Father of nine children killed by the Israeli strike in Gaza, still in a critical condition

The husband of a Palestinian doctor in Gaza whose children were killed in an Israeli strike on Friday remains in critical condition, according to the hospital that treats him.

Hamdi al-Najjar’s “Life Remless in Danger”, Dr. Milena Angelova-Chee, a Bulgarian doctor who works at the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, at the BBC.

An Israeli strike killed nine out of 10 children of the couple on Friday and left him and the 11-year-old son of the couple injured.

The Israeli army has said that the incident is being assessed.

On Sunday, Hamas run by Hamas said that Israeli air strikes had killed 22 people since dawn, usually in the central and southern parts of the territory.

Hamdi Al -Ajjar – also a doctor – sustained significant injuries on his brain, lungs, right arm and kidney, Dr. Angelova -Chee.

The hospital does “everything we can do for him,” she added.

The surviving son of the couple, Adam, was also injured. Dr. Angelova-Chee said her colleagues had told her that he was “reasonably good”.

Dr. Alaa Al-Najjar worked in the Nasser Hospital when the Israeli attack took place. Video shared by director of the Ministry of Health Dr. Muneer Alboursh and verified by the BBC showed small charred bodies removed from rubble.

The nine children – Yahya, Rakan, Raslan, Gerst, Eva, Rival, Sayden, Luqman and Sidra – were between a few months old and 12 years old.

Her colleague was confronted with “unspeakable suffering,” said Dr. Angelova chee.

At the moment, Alaa’s “priority is her family,” she said, adding to it: “She is not the only one confronted with this, many families are in the same position.”

“Everyone is really shocked because this has been around for 18 months and it is exacerbated by constant threat of death, constant relocations and evacuations,” she said.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Saturday that his “plane became a number of suspects who were identified who operated from a structure alongside IDF troops in the Khan Younis area”.

It said that the Khan Younis was a “dangerous war zone” and the IDF had told people to leave for their own safety. On Monday the IDF Said people should leave in Khan Younis’s government Prior to an “unprecedented attack” in one of the largest such evacuation performances in recent months.

Some Palestinians told the BBC that they had not left because “because there is no place to go”. According to the UN, around 81% of the territory is now subject to Israeli evacuation orders or located in militarized “no-go” zones.

Israel resumed air strikes and land operations on March 18 and these have since killed 3,785 Palestinians, says the Ministry of Health.

Speaking after the strike that killed the nine al-najjar children, an Israeli woman who was held hostage in Gaza in Tel Aviv told that air strikes feared the most in captivity.

Naama Levy – One of the five female security soldiers who were abducted during the attack of 7 October under the leadership of Hamas – said that every time air strikes started she was convinced that she would die. She said she feared the life of remaining hostages in Gaza.

Israel also imposed a total blockade to Gaza on 2 March, which lasted 11 weeks before it allowed limited help to enter the territory in the light of familiaries of famine and the increasing international indignation.

The Israeli military body Cogat said on Saturday morning that 388 trucks that have been wearing help since Monday entered Gaza. The UN says much more help – between 500 and 600 trucks per day – is needed.

The World Food Program (WFP) told the BBC that no trucks had arrived at Gaza on Saturday and that there had been a stop in the distribution of bread.

“Because of the limited supplies achieved and the increased pressure on serving bakeries of large crowds, bakery owners have led significant safety problems about the safety of facilities, employees and beneficiaries,” a spokesperson said in a statement.

“WFP agrees and fully supports the collective decision of the bakery owners to close on 24 May due to serious security threats.”

The spokesperson added that “adaptations in the current conditions imposed are not viable”.

Dr. Angelova-Chee said her colleagues in the hospital “hungry”, with one who told her on Saturday that he had only a few small packages with date cookies to eat.

Israel said that the blockade was meant to practice Hamas to release the hostages. The Palestinian armed group Hamas still keeps in Gaza. Israel also accuses Hamas of stealing supplies that the group has denied.

Israel launched a military campaign in Gaza in response to the cross -border attack of Hamas on October 7, 2023, in which around 1,200 people were killed and 251 others were held hostage.

At least 53,939 people, including at least 16,500 children, have since been killed in Gaza, according to the Health Minister of the area.