Thanks for sharing the article, OP. I found it incredibly heartbreaking that Dr Alaa al-Najjar, a paediatrician who dedicated her life to caring for children, lost almost her entire family in a single airstrike. Only her husband, Dr Hamdi al-Najjar, and one child survived, and both are severely injured. Reading about the tragedy was deeply emotional.
Thanks also to @Batmanisaplaceinturkey for sharing the Guardian article, which includes more detail about the tragic incident. According to the report, Dr Hamdi’s brother described finding little Adam alive but buried under rubble, and Hamdi himself bleeding badly with a severed arm. Both were still barely breathing. He then began searching for the nine missing children, his nieces and nephews, all of whom have sadly lost their lives. I can’t even begin to imagine the utter devastation Dr Alaa must be feeling.
CNN also mentions a baby girl, Sidra. “Dr Sahar al-Najjar, a niece, told CNN that Hamdi, 38, had dropped his wife at the hospital and gone to get food for his children.” It’s just utterly devastating to read. “Ahmad al-Farra, a doctor at the Nasser Medical Complex, told CNN that Dr Alaa al-Najjar continued to work despite losing her children, while periodically checking on the condition of her husband and son.” She truly is an incredible and she’s very young, only 35 and to have gone through so much trauma 😢.