Father in intensive care after nine children killed in Israeli strike on Gaza

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The father of nine children killed in an Israeli military strike in Gaza over the weekend remains in intensive care, Reuters reports quoting a doctor at the hospital treating him.

Hamdi Al-Najjar, himself a doctor, was at home in Khan Younis with his 10 children when an Israeli air strike occurred, killing all but one of them. He was rushed to the nearby Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza, where he is being treated for his injuries.

Abdul Aziz Al-Farra, a thoracic surgeon, said Najjar had undergone two operations to stop bleeding in his abdomen and chest and that he sustained other wounds, including to his head.

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