“What Will I Tell My Brother?”: Gaza Doctor Wakes to Find His Nine Children Killed in Israeli Strike

Ali Al-Najjar faced two impossible choices today: evacuate his family from the danger zone—even though nowhere in Gaza is safe—or stay by the hospital bedside of his wounded brother, Dr. Hamdi Al-Najjar. Hours earlier, an Israeli airstrike hit Hamdi’s family home in Khan Younis without warning. The house collapsed like “a biscuit,” Ali said, leaving behind nothing but rubble—and the charred bodies of nine children.

Only two survived the bombing: Hamdi and his 10-year-old son,…