Hamdi Al-Najjar, a wounded Palestinian father and doctor who according to medics lost nine of his children in an Israeli strike, lies in a hospital bed in the Intensive Care Unit at Nasser Hospital after being injured in the same strike, in Khan Younis, Gaza on May 25, 2025. — Reuters/Hatem Khaled
Hamdi Al-Najjar, a wounded Palestinian father and doctor who according to medics lost nine of his children in an Israeli strike, lies in a hospital bed in the Intensive Care Unit at Nasser Hospital after being injured in the same strike, in Khan Younis, Gaza on May 25, 2025. — Reuters/Hatem Khaled

 Rescuers transport a covered body in Khan Younis, Gaza after nine children of a doctor couple were killed in an Israeli strike on May 23, 2025, in this screengrab taken from video. — Palestinian Civil Defence/Handout via Reuters
Rescuers transport a covered body in Khan Younis, Gaza after nine children of a doctor couple were killed in an Israeli strike on May 23, 2025, in this screengrab taken from video. — Palestinian Civil Defence/Handout via Reuters

 A member of the emergency services hoses down a fire in Khan Younis, Gaza after nine children of a doctor couple were killed in an Israeli strike on May 23, 2025, in this screengrab taken from video. — Palestinian Civil Defence/Handout via Reuters
A member of the emergency services hoses down a fire in Khan Younis, Gaza after nine children of a doctor couple were killed in an Israeli strike on May 23, 2025, in this screengrab taken from video. — Palestinian Civil Defence/Handout via Reuters

 Rescuers look for survivors and bodies among the rubble inside a destroyed building in Khan Younis, Gaza after nine children of a doctor couple were killed in an Israeli strike on May 23, 2025, in this screengrab taken from video. — Palestinian Civil Defence/Handout via Reuters
Rescuers look for survivors and bodies among the rubble inside a destroyed building in Khan Younis, Gaza after nine children of a doctor couple were killed in an Israeli strike on May 23, 2025, in this screengrab taken from video. — Palestinian Civil Defence/Handout via Reuters

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