Overview

• Dr. Alaa al Najjar, a pediatrician in Gaza, received the bodies of her nine children at the hospital where she works after an Israeli airstrike hit her home on Friday.
• The children, aged between under one year and 12 years old, were killed shortly after Dr. Al Najjar and her husband left for work; two of their bodies remain under rubble.
• Her husband, Hamdi Al Najjar, and their surviving son, Adam, are critically injured and receiving intensive care for severe burns.
• The Israeli military reported striking 100 targets in Gaza within 24 hours, while the Gaza Ministry of Health recorded 79 deaths on Friday, bringing the total death toll since October 2023 to 53,901.
• Humanitarian conditions in Gaza continue to worsen under an ongoing blockade, with hospitals overwhelmed and significant areas inaccessible for casualty reporting.