Palestinian doctor who lost nine children in Israeli attack dies from wounds

A Palestinian doctor, who lost nine children in an Israeli strike in late May, has died from wounds sustained in the same attack.

Hamdi al-Najjar, 40, is survived by his wife Alaa al-Najjar, a doctor at al-Tahrir hospital within the Nasser Medical Complex, and his 11-year-old son Adam, who is still receiving treatment for his injuries. 

Shortly before the strike on 23 May, Alaa had left for work with Hamdi, who then returned home.

Not long after, an Israeli strike hit their house in the Qizan al-Najjar area in southern Khan Younis, killing nine of their 10 children and wounding the 10th.

Alaa, a paediatric specialist, was treating victims of Israeli bombardments that day when her own children and husband were brought to her.

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