'All that was left was bones': Palestinian father mourns newborn twins killed by Israeli army

Muhammad Abu al-Qumsan was on his way to register his newborn twins' births, when an Israeli strike killed them both, as well as his wife and mother-in-law. 

The 33-year-old had just left Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, when he received a call telling him to return to the hospital.

“Five minutes after getting the birth certificate, I was getting their death certificates,” Qumsan told Middle East Eye. 

His wife, Jumana Abu al-Qumsan, his twin children, a boy and a girl named Aser and Aseel, and Jumana’s mother were all killed by an Israeli artillery shell hitting their home on Tuesday morning.

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