An Israeli air strike on Gaza has caused panic after it hit the home of a doctor and killed nine of her 10 children.
This was revealed by the hospital where she works in the city of Khan Younis.
According to Nasser hospital, one of Dr Alaa al-Najjar’s children and her husband were injured, but survived.
A British surgeon named Graeme Groom, who works at the hospital, said he had operated on her surviving 11-year-old boy.
A video shared by the director of the Hamas-run health ministry and verified by the News men showed small burned bodies lifted from the rubble of a strike in Khan Younis.
Israel’s military said its aircraft had struck “a number of suspects” in Khan Younis on Friday, and “the claim regarding harm to uninvolved civilians is under review”.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said its “aircraft struck a number of suspects who were identified operating from a structure adjacent to IDF troops in the area of Khan Younis”.
“The Khan Younis area is a dangerous war zone. Before beginning operations there, the IDF evacuated civilians from this area for their own safety,” the Israeli military said.
In a general statement on Saturday, the IDF said it had struck more than 100 targets across Gaza over the past day.
The health ministry said at least 74 people had been killed by the Israeli military over the 24 hour-period leading up to about midday on Saturday.
Dr Muneer Alboursh, director of the health ministry, said on X that the al-Najjars’ family house was hit minutes after Dr al-Najjar’s husband Hamdi had returned home after driving his wife to work.
Dr Alboursh said the eldest of Dr al-Najjar’s children was aged 12.