Gaza doctor who lost nine children in Israeli airstrike dies from wounds in same attack

<p>Hamdi al-Najjar, 40, was critically injured when Israeli forces bombed the family house in Khan Younis</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jun/01/palestinians-killed-food-distribution-gaza-strip-israel-middle-east-crisis-live">Middle East crisis live – latest updates</a></p></li></ul><p>A Palestinian father who had lost nine of his 10 children in an Israeli airstrike has died from wounds sustained in the same attack, local health officials have said.</p><p>Hamdi al-Najjar, 40, a doctor at Nasser hospital, was critically injured when Israeli forces bombed the family house in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis on 23 May, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/24/israeli-airstrike-kills-nine-of-gaza-doctors-10-children-reports-say">killing nine of his children</a>. He had just returned home after accompanying his wife Alaa, a paediatrician at the Nasser medical complex, to work when the building was struck. He had initially survived alongside his son Adam, 11, who is still in hospital.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/01/gaza-doctor-who-lost-nine-children-in-israeli-airstrike-dies-from-wounds-in-same-attack">Continue reading...</a>