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9 of the 10 children of the Gazast doctor among those who were killed in the youngest series of Israeli strikes, says Hospital, says Hospital

In the last round of Israeli strikes, almost 80 people were killed Gaza -A number of fatalities that do not comprise any hospitals in the beaten north in which the Health Ministry of Hamas is now not accessible.

The dead in the last 24 hours have been nine of the 10 children of a doctor, said horrified colleagues and the Ministry of Health.

Alaa Najjar, a pediatrician in the Nasser Hospital, was on duty at that time and ran home to find her family's house on fire, Ahmad Al-Farra, head of the Pediatric Department of the Hospital, told The Associated Press.

Najjar's husband was seriously wounded and her only surviving child, an 11-year-old son, was in a critical condition after the strike on Friday in the southern city of Khan Younis, said Farra.

The Palestinian Doctor Ela Al-Najjar visits her injured husband in the intensive care unit of the Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, Gaza after an Israeli air raid had hit her house.

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The dead children ranged at the age of seven months to 12 years. Khalil al-Docran, a spokesman for the Gaza Ministry of Health, told the AP that two of the children had remained under the rubble.

In an explanation, Israel's military said that suspects fell from a structure next to his armed forces and described the area of ​​Khan Younis as a “dangerous zone of war”. It said it evacuated civilians from the region and “the claim regarding uninvolved civilians is checked.” After an explanation on Saturday, a statement stated that the Air Force of Israel had over 100 destinations in the entire Gaza strip last day.

Gaza's health officers, who did not distinguish between civilians and combatants, said that the new deaths have increased the tribute of the war since October 7, 2023 to 53.901, the attack on Israel led by Hamas, which triggered the 19 months of the fight. The Ministry said that more than 3,700 people were killed in Gaza since Israel resumed the war in March to put Hamas under pressure, accept different ceasefire conditions and to release the remaining hostages.

Help slowly in

The renewed military measures against Hamas also included a blockade of Gaza and more than 2 million inhabitants since the beginning of March. This week, The first small number of auxiliary cars entered the area and reached the Palestinians. But they were far less than the approximately 600 trucks a day that occurred during the ceasefire.

Food and water that are distributed to Palestinians in Gaza under Israeli attacks

The Palestinians will be their turn to obtain clean drinking water and hot food that are distributed by charity organizations, since people have to deal with difficult living conditions due to the ongoing Israeli attacks in Gaza City, Gaza on May 24, 2025.

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The government of President Benjamin Netanyahu has applied for a new aid and sales system through a newly established US group, but the United Nations and Partners rejected it. It allows Israel to use food as a weapon and violate humanitarian principles.

Israel has accused Hamas of skimming the help, but the UN and auxiliary groups deny that there is a significant distraction.

Israeli military that is accused of using Palestinians as human shields

Seven Palestinians and two Israeli soldiers have also accused Israel of the military of using human shields in Gaza who are said to have sent people to buildings and tunnels to look for bombs and armed men, reports the AP. They said that the practice that is prohibited under international law had become omnipresent over 19 months of war.

In March, CBS News reported similar allegationsIncluding an Israeli soldier, whose report on the tactics used in Gaza raised some serious questions.

“We burned down buildings without reasons, which of course violates international law,” he told CBS News. “… and we used human shields as protection.”

Midost was human shields

This photo, which is provided by Breaking The Silence, a whistleblower group of former Israeli soldiers, shows two soldiers behind Palestinian prisoners who are sent to a house in the city of Gaza to clear it in 2024.

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Ayman Abu Hamadan told the AP, whom he captured last summer of the Israeli military in the north of Gaza for 2½ weeks, and the only time that he was not bound or connected was when he was forced to ensure that they were bombs and consciousness.

“They hit me and told me: 'You have no other option; do this or we kill you,” the 36-year-old told the AP and added that a unit was handed over to the next when he was finished.

In response to the latest allegations, Israel's military says that it is strictly prohibited from using civilians as shields – a practice that has long accused of being used in Gaza. Israeli officials accuse Hamas for the Civilian fatalities on his offensive, which has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians.

In an explanation of the AP, the military said that it also forces civilians to participate in operations, and “all of these orders are routinely emphasized”.

The military said it examined several cases in which it is claimed that the Palestinians were involved in missions but would not provide any details. It did not answer any questions about the reach of the practice or any orders from command officials.

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