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Nine children from one family dead from Israeli strike, Gaza hospital says

An Israeli air raid hit the home of a doctor in Gaza, killing nine of her 10 children.

Israeli military says it's reviewing reports that one of its airstrikes killed nine children from the same family in southern Gaza. The children's mother, Alaa al-Najjar, is a paediatrician at Nasser Hospital in the city of Khan Younis, where they say only one of her children and her husband survived.

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(Picture: A rescuer walks over rubble to assess damage and look for survivors, in Khan Younis, Gaza, May 23, 2025, in this screengrab taken from video. Palestinian Civil Defence/Handout via REUTERS. WATERMARK FROM SOURCE)

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