'Clear targeting of children'

Yosri al-Ghar, a survivor of the overnight Israeli bombardment, said the air strikes killed his pregnant sister, her husband and three of their children. Their fourth child is in serious condition.

He described the area as once being considered safe, far from the border, where life had been normal.

"The strike was direct, with no warnings," Ghar told Middle East Eye outside the war-battered Nasser hospital in Khan Younis. 

"It was a clear targeting of civilians, including children. The attack was absolutely barbaric."

He expressed deep frustration over the lack of global response.

"There's no world, no Arab world, or even Islamic world, speaking out. If a kitten were killed, the world would have protested, but instead, the silence is deafening."