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Heartbreaking news report from Gaza - Dr receives bodies of her children

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Applenation · 24/05/2025 23:27

Many of you will already have read about this. Paediatric specialist Dr Alaa al-Najjar was on duty when the bodies of nine of her 10 children were received by her in the hospital, after a strike in Khan Younis hit her home.

This report just stopped me in my tracks. I don't know what to say beyond this. I cannot stop thinking about this poor woman tonight.

er children killed by a strike in Khan Younis. Guardian link

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YourOnMute · 28/05/2025 10:35

I just heard on the BBC that more Gazans killed today...where and when will this end? I just despair.

Martymcfly24 · 28/05/2025 10:35

It is absolutely fascinating posters who insist they are the holders of the only truth and everyone else is posting the wrong information and then link to

Honest Reporting : an Israeli media advocacy group.

Namechangedformyanswer · 28/05/2025 10:34

YourOnMute · 28/05/2025 10:31

You know what's even simpler? Stop bombing Gaza.

Indeed, but in the meantime perhaps help out as Poland did? Is that really impossible when people are dying? If Poland (and Europe) said that to the people of Ukraine, stay there, they shouldn't bomb you, how many more would die. Maybe help out and attempt to save some people or not as is the case.

Whatsinanamehey · 28/05/2025 10:33

Namechangedformyanswer · 28/05/2025 10:31

Omg. No one said it did. The lack of comprehension on here is mind-blowing.

Have a great day

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Ditto.

RandomWordsThrownTogether · 28/05/2025 10:32

@namechangedformyanswerAre you having a laugh? That’s not journalism, that’s a propaganda site set up by some Zionists. It literally breaks every rule of journalism in the book - no sources, no evidence just lots of made up “facts”. You wouldn't even get that back from a real editors with red lines through it, you’d just be fired!

I could go through the article and explain why the whole thing is ludicrous but it’s not worth wasting my time, it’s just so ridiculous. Look at the BBC, the Guardian, the Times - look at accredited sites where they have to follow the rules on reporting, cite sources, verify facts and photographs and abide by a code of conduct.

Namechangedformyanswer · 28/05/2025 10:31

Whatsinanamehey · 28/05/2025 10:24

Did anyone post on this group? No they didn't and that doesn't change the fact that Israel bombed her house killing nine of her small children.

Omg. No one said it did. The lack of comprehension on here is mind-blowing.

Have a great day

YourOnMute · 28/05/2025 10:31

Namechangedformyanswer · 28/05/2025 09:39

Why should Poland etc open their borders for the people of Ukraine? They did because of humanity and the desire to help others. Very simple.

You know what's even simpler? Stop bombing Gaza.

Whatsinanamehey · 28/05/2025 10:24

Namechangedformyanswer · 28/05/2025 10:23

Do you actually read any of the information posted or the comments or just post 'soundbites' ?

What denial? A doctor lost her children, it's horrendous, however, some have posted incorrect details, false pictures of her, false pictures of children which leads to stories of red flags. Just facts should be enough. People will question when fake pictures etc are released.

Drop the soundbites, there are so many trotted out phrases on here. Read what's posted first, all of it?

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Did anyone post on this group? No they didn't and that doesn't change the fact that Israel bombed her house killing nine of her small children.

Namechangedformyanswer · 28/05/2025 10:23

Municipal · 28/05/2025 10:08

The denial on here is astonishing

Do you actually read any of the information posted or the comments or just post 'soundbites' ?

What denial? A doctor lost her children, it's horrendous, however, some have posted incorrect details, false pictures of her, false pictures of children which leads to stories of red flags. Just facts should be enough. People will question when fake pictures etc are released.

Drop the soundbites, there are so many trotted out phrases on here. Read what's posted first, all of it?

Municipal · 28/05/2025 10:08

The denial on here is astonishing

Namechangedformyanswer · 28/05/2025 10:02

Namechangedformyanswer · 28/05/2025 07:28

So is this Dr. Alaa al-Najjar in this
@Reuters
photo, a pediatrician who wears a niqab and is so strictly religious that she was allowed to train in medicine, and still had time to give birth to 10 children in little more than 11 years?

Because the media won't ask the questions. People rarely question. Interesting claims by the Honest John site, so many red flags. The story did its job. Is it true?

This is in the Honest John article. Has anyone else read it? The quote is from the article. If you read the article the comments about it make sense. They don't without reading the article. Without reading the article posted by another poster then the comments don't make any sense.

Namechangedformyanswer · 28/05/2025 09:58

Whatsinanamehey · 28/05/2025 09:53

This is what you wrote

a pediatrician who wears a niqab and is so strictly religious that she was allowed to train in medicine, and still had time to give birth to 10 children in little more than 11 years?

What does that have to do with the fake images that you now claim is all you were talking about? It doesn't it just stinks of islamophobic stereotypes and bias.

I was quoting from the article quoted above. The honest john one. Actually read my several posts on this!

EmeraldShamrock000 · 28/05/2025 09:54

seems to be designed to distract the conversation away from the fact her kids were murdered and reduced to charcoal.
Gulped reading that line.
Heartbreaking.

Whatsinanamehey · 28/05/2025 09:53

Namechangedformyanswer · 28/05/2025 09:44

As usual completely miss the point, the story shared by someone else says about red flags, so why the fakery which allows peopleto question.

Why the misinformation, why the fake pictures, of children that weren't hers, pictures of her that wasn't her, AI etc. No blame on the victims at all. It's the demand for images so some have resorted to fake which helps no one and creates mistrust. I imagine the immediate belief that a picture is what it purports to be for either side helps no one

This is what you wrote

a pediatrician who wears a niqab and is so strictly religious that she was allowed to train in medicine, and still had time to give birth to 10 children in little more than 11 years?

What does that have to do with the fake images that you now claim is all you were talking about? It doesn't it just stinks of islamophobic stereotypes and bias.

Namechangedformyanswer · 28/05/2025 09:44

RandomWordsThrownTogether · 28/05/2025 09:27

Wow there’s some serious Islamophobia vibes on this thread - you know many muslims wear the hijab or niqab and attend University and have jobs? It is not Syria, there are no rules on women working in Palestine. Do you know any muslims? This is all such backwards and ignorant thinking! Also to correct you on her head dress there are many photos of her wearing the hijab too though I think her head dress is completely irrelevant to whether she is a Doctor and whether she should have been bombed. Imagine the outcry if we said similar about Israeli people and whether how they dress means they should be bombed.

In terms of 10 kids in 12 years there are people who have done that in Ireland, England, the US etc… does that mean they should be bombed? Two of my classmates in school had just under a year between them, their mam had 13 kids, strangely no one bombed her or questioned her right to work. Lots of women go back to work immediately in the US, they don’t get a lot of paid maternity as standard there. I imagine in a war zone when Doctors are needed people go back to work sooner and they have to be more laxed about child care.

All this talk about how she dresses, the size of her family, whether someone was minding the children etc… seems to be designed to distract the conversation away from the fact her kids were murdered and reduced to charcoal. It is to divert us away from the horror - to say that if she is religious she was a legitimate target. If we are arguing about silly things like how many kids she had we are not thinking about those poor kids who were murdered by supremacists.

Also stop with the victim stuff - you can’t bomb people and call yourself a victim that is total DARVO!

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As usual completely miss the point, the story shared by someone else says about red flags, so why the fakery which allows peopleto question.

Why the misinformation, why the fake pictures, of children that weren't hers, pictures of her that wasn't her, AI etc. No blame on the victims at all. It's the demand for images so some have resorted to fake which helps no one and creates mistrust. I imagine the immediate belief that a picture is what it purports to be for either side helps no one

Namechangedformyanswer · 28/05/2025 09:39

YourOnMute · 28/05/2025 09:30

And why should Egypt open its borders? It didn't bloody cause it! Gazans should be in Gaza, not displaced from their home.
The answer is stop the bombing, the shooting and let aid in.

Why should Poland etc open their borders for the people of Ukraine? They did because of humanity and the desire to help others. Very simple.

Namechangedformyanswer · 28/05/2025 09:37

YourOnMute · 28/05/2025 09:24

She worked with foreign doctors including British ones who have spoken about this and know her, but they must be lying.
She wears a hijab.
Women work and have children. Even multiple children. This can include working part time, shift work, term time. Or even full time.
This doctor was probably under tremendous pressure to work as Israel have bombed so many hospitals and arrested without charge/killed/ shot (on film) healthcare workers - which are war crimes.
(Warrant from the ICC is another fact).

Totally and the fake pictures, some AI, some of different women don't help at all. It raises flags. Just honest facts. The demand for evermore awful pictures means pictures being shared of the wrong children, the wrong mother, the wrong raises flags

YourOnMute · 28/05/2025 09:30

And why should Egypt open its borders? It didn't bloody cause it! Gazans should be in Gaza, not displaced from their home.
The answer is stop the bombing, the shooting and let aid in.

RandomWordsThrownTogether · 28/05/2025 09:27

Namechangedformyanswer · 28/05/2025 07:28

So is this Dr. Alaa al-Najjar in this
@Reuters
photo, a pediatrician who wears a niqab and is so strictly religious that she was allowed to train in medicine, and still had time to give birth to 10 children in little more than 11 years?

Because the media won't ask the questions. People rarely question. Interesting claims by the Honest John site, so many red flags. The story did its job. Is it true?

Wow there’s some serious Islamophobia vibes on this thread - you know many muslims wear the hijab or niqab and attend University and have jobs? It is not Syria, there are no rules on women working in Palestine. Do you know any muslims? This is all such backwards and ignorant thinking! Also to correct you on her head dress there are many photos of her wearing the hijab too though I think her head dress is completely irrelevant to whether she is a Doctor and whether she should have been bombed. Imagine the outcry if we said similar about Israeli people and whether how they dress means they should be bombed.

In terms of 10 kids in 12 years there are people who have done that in Ireland, England, the US etc… does that mean they should be bombed? Two of my classmates in school had just under a year between them, their mam had 13 kids, strangely no one bombed her or questioned her right to work. Lots of women go back to work immediately in the US, they don’t get a lot of paid maternity as standard there. I imagine in a war zone when Doctors are needed people go back to work sooner and they have to be more laxed about child care.

All this talk about how she dresses, the size of her family, whether someone was minding the children etc… seems to be designed to distract the conversation away from the fact her kids were murdered and reduced to charcoal. It is to divert us away from the horror - to say that if she is religious she was a legitimate target. If we are arguing about silly things like how many kids she had we are not thinking about those poor kids who were murdered by supremacists.

Also stop with the victim stuff - you can’t bomb people and call yourself a victim that is total DARVO!

YourOnMute · 28/05/2025 09:24

She worked with foreign doctors including British ones who have spoken about this and know her, but they must be lying.
She wears a hijab.
Women work and have children. Even multiple children. This can include working part time, shift work, term time. Or even full time.
This doctor was probably under tremendous pressure to work as Israel have bombed so many hospitals and arrested without charge/killed/ shot (on film) healthcare workers - which are war crimes.
(Warrant from the ICC is another fact).

Whatsinanamehey · 28/05/2025 09:09

Who on here has denied that? That has nothing to do with my post.

Namechangedformyanswer · 28/05/2025 09:00

It is tragic enough without the fake pictures either of other people or AI generated and when they are shared (one shared by over a million people) it doesn't help the situation.

"While many media newsrooms and social media users have spread misinformation in an attempt to sympathize with al-Najjar family, they do not help the family; they risk undermining the truth of their tragedy by fueling confusion and misleading narratives."

Whatsinanamehey · 28/05/2025 08:53

Namechangedformyanswer · 28/05/2025 07:28

So is this Dr. Alaa al-Najjar in this
@Reuters
photo, a pediatrician who wears a niqab and is so strictly religious that she was allowed to train in medicine, and still had time to give birth to 10 children in little more than 11 years?

Because the media won't ask the questions. People rarely question. Interesting claims by the Honest John site, so many red flags. The story did its job. Is it true?

Are you questioning if she's really a paediatrician? Do you think the British doctors working in Gaza who talk about working alongside her are all lying? That this whole thing including her dead children is just made up to demonise Israel? Do you generally believe in conspiracy theories?

Whatsinanamehey · 28/05/2025 08:51

Apart from the vitriol you pick up from x

Whatsinanamehey · 28/05/2025 08:50

Some of you don't know anything about Palestinians or Palestinian society and it shows.

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