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Father of nine children who were killed in a critical condition by an Israeli strike in the Gaza

Getty Images Alaa al-Najjar (2nd l) visits her husband (L) in the Nasser HospitalGetty pictures

Dr. Alaa al-Najar (2nd l) on her husband's bed in the Nasser Hospital

The husband of a Palestinian doctor in Gaza, whose children were killed in an Israeli strike on Friday, remains in a critical condition, according to the hospital, which treats him.

Hamdi al-Najar's “life remains in danger,” said Dr. Milena Angelova-Chee, a Bulgarian doctor who works in the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, opposite the BBC.

An Israeli strike killed nine of the couple's ten children on Friday and left him and the couple's 11-year-old son. The Israeli military said that the incident was checked.

The Red Cross now said that two of his employees were killed on Saturday during a strike against their house in Khan Younis.

The murder of Ibrahim Eid, an arms contamy officer, and Ahmad Abu Hilal, a security officer in the field of the Red Cross in Rafah, “refers to the unbearable civilian fatalities in Gaza,” said the ICRC and repeated his call to show.

On Sunday, the Hamas Ministry of Health announced that Israeli air strikes have killed 23 people since dawn, including a high-ranking ambulance and a journalist.

Ashraf Abu Nar, a high -ranking civil servant in the territory service, and his wife were killed in her house in the central gaza, the health officers announced, while journalist Hassan Majdi Abu Warda and several family members were killed by a strike in his house in Jabalia in the north -Gaza.

Hamdi Al -Najjar – A doctor like his wife – suffered significant injuries to the brain, lungs, right arm and kidney when attacked on Saturday, Dr. Angelova.

The hospital “does everything we can for him,” she added.

The couple of Adam's surviving son was also injured. Dr. Angelova-Chee said her colleagues had told her that he was “reasonably good”.

Dr. Alaa al-Najjar worked in the Nasser Hospital when the Israeli attack took place. Video that the director of the Ministry of Health, Dr. Muneer Alboursh, divided and verified by the BBC, showed that small charred bodies were lifted from rubble.

The nine children – Yahya, Rakan, Raslan, Geban, Eva, Rival, Sayden, Luqman and Sidra – had aged between just a few months and 12 years.

Her colleague was confronted with “unspeakable suffering”, said Dr. Angelova-Chee.

At the moment she said Alaa's “priority is her family,” she said, adding: “She is not the only one who sees herself, many families are in the same position.”

“Everyone is really shocked because this already lasts 18 months and is reinforced by constant moving trains and evacuations due to the constant risk of death,” she said.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Saturday that “plane had hit a number of suspects that were identified from a structure next to IDF troops in the Khan Younis area”.

“It is clear how much she is suffering,” said Dr. Milena Angelova-Chee about her colleague

It was said that the Khan Younis was a “dangerous war zone” and the IDF had asked people to go to their own safety. On Monday, the IDF said that people in Khan Youni's governor should leave an “unprecedented attack” in one of the largest of such evacuation orders in recent months.

Some Palestinians told the BBC that they didn't go because “because there is no place to go”. According to the United Nations, around 81% of the territory are now under either Israeli evacuation orders or in militarized “no -go” zones.

Israel resumed air strikes and ground operations on March 18 and since then they have killed 3,785 Palestinians, according to the Ministry of Health.

After the strike, in which the nine al-Najjar children were killed, an Israeli woman who was held as hostage in Gaza told a rally in Tel Aviv that she feared the most in captivity.

Naama Levy – One of five female surveillance soldiers who were kidnapped during the attack on October 7th during the Hamas – she said every time she started that she was convinced that she would die. She said she feared for the life of the remaining hostages in Gaza.

Al-Najjar family Adam al-Najjar (left), the only surviving child of the al-Najjar family, mapped with his sisters Sidra (middle) and rivals (right), both of whom were killed in an Israeli airline. Al-Najjar family

Adam (L) is the only surviving child in the family. He is depicted here with his sisters Sidra and Rivals (R), both of which were killed in the Israeli air raid

On March 2, Israel also imposed a total blockage on the Gaza, which lasted 11 weeks before it only made limited help possible to enter the territory in view of the warnings of famine and increasing international outrage.

The Israeli military body, cogat, said on Saturday morning that 388 trucks had come into the Gaza Strip with the help since Monday. The United Nations says a lot more help – between 500 and 600 trucks per day – is required.

The BBC announced that the World Food Program (WFP) said that no trucks had entered the Gaza on Saturday and the distribution of bread.

“Due to the limited supplies to Gaza and the increased pressure on operating bangers of large crowds, the bakery owners have triggered considerable security concerns regarding the safety of institutions, employees and beneficiaries,” said a spokesman in a statement.

“WFP is right and supports the collective decision by the bakery owners to close overnight on May 24th due to severe safety threats.”

The spokesman added that “operations in the current imposed conditions are not viable”.

Dr. Angelova-Chee said her colleagues in the hospital worked “hungry”, and one told her on Saturday that he had only a few more small packages of date cookies to eat.

Israel said the blockade should put pressure on the Hamas to publish the hostages that the Palestinian armed group of Hamas still keeps in Gaza. Israel also accuses Hamas of stealing supplies that the group denied.

On Sunday, the Israeli army chief Eyal Zamir visited Israeli troops in Khan Younis and told them that “this is not an endless war” and that Hamas had lost most of their assets and skills, said the IDF in a statement.

Israel started a military campaign in Gaza in response to the cross -border attack by Hamas on October 7, 2023, in which around 1,200 people were killed and 251 others were taken hostage.

Since then, at least 53,939 people, including at least 16,500 children, have been killed in Gaza.

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