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| Aid trucks looted in southern Gaza as famine looms due to blockade: UNFifteen World Food Programme trucks were looted in southern Gaza late Thursday as 2 million people face "extreme hunger and famine without immediate action." |
BY C STONE | STONE NEWS NETWORK ||| GAZA
Source:ABC NEWS
There was a pediatrician and mother of 10 who lost 9 of her 10 children in Gaza after an Israeli airstrike hit their home near Kahn Younis in the southern Gaza area yesterday.
Dr. Alaa al-Najjar's husband, who is also a doctor, was wounded severely and is in intensive care.
Per ABC NEWS:
"This is the reality our medical staff in Gaza endure. Words fall short in describing the pain," al-Bursh said in a statement on Friday night. "In Gaza, it is not only healthcare workers who are targeted -- Israel's aggression goes further, wiping out entire families."
Nasser Medical Complex, where al-Najjar works as a pediatric specialist in the al-Tahrir clinic, expressed condolences in a statement, saying: "We are speechless, and our breaths suffocate in the face of the horror of this tragedy."
Israel Defence Forces claim it's aircraft struck a number of suspects who ere identified operating from a structure adjacent to IDF troops in the area of Khan Yunis. They will review the claim that civilians were harmed.
"The Khan Yunis area is a dangerous war zone," the IDF added. "Before beginning operations there, the IDF evacuated civilians from this area for their own safety."
"She felt by her heart that something happened to her family," al-Farra said. "She left and walked and tried to run without transport."
"Unfortunately, she discovered that her house was completely destroyed," he added.
Among the children who were killed, five were boys and four were girls, with the youngest being a seven-month-old daughter and the eldest a 12-year-old son, according to al-Farra.
"They were completely burned," he told ABC News.
Israel had finally allowed aid to enter Gaza after feeling global pressure and relaxed it's 11-weeklong blockade of supplies into Gaza. There was widespread malnutrition and the conditions were starting to lead to a famine.
Israel is working with the U.S. to setup distribution points for aid. The plan is set to be begin on Monday.
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