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SvennoJ on 07 April 2025
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‘All of those martyred were children’: Survivor recounts Israeli attack on Khan Younis

We’ve been covering an Israeli attack that killed eight people in the city of Khan Younis. Mohammad Al Naffar, who survived the attack, said it happened without any warning at about 10pm local time on Sunday (22:00 GMT).

“We heard explosions, and rubble was flying all around. So we went down to see what was going on and realised that they [the Israelis] targeted my uncle’s house, Abu Mussad Al Naffar,” he said from an ambulance.

“We tried to help as best we can – the injured… to see who is still alive. And were shocked to see that all of those martyred were children. Very few survived with injuries. All of those targeted were children. Here is my cousin. May God bless her soul. She is a child. All the ones they’re targeting are children. They have nothing to do with the resistance or the fighting. There was no warning.”

Death toll from Israeli attack on Gaza journalists rises


Palestinians inspect the damage to a tent housing journalists in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, after it was hit by an Israeli attack

Palestinian media are reporting that one more person has been killed in the Israeli attack on a tent for journalists near the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis. The Palestinian Information Center and the Quds News Network identified the victim as Yusuf Al-Khazandar, a young man who was in the area as the strike took place.

As we reported earlier, the attack killed journalist Helmi al-Faqawi. At least seven other journalists were also wounded in the attack. They are Ahmad Mansour, Hassan Eslaih, Ahmad Al-Agha, Mohammad Fayek, Abdallah Al-Attar, Ihab Al-Bardini and Mahmoud Awad.

Ahmed Mansour sustained severe injuries and burns from the Israeli attack on the journalists’ tent near Nasser Hospital. The Quds News Network is reporting that the Palestinian, who is also a father, is fighting for his life with “catastrophic burns” and that doctors are “desperately trying to save him”.

The outlet reported that another of the journalists who was wounded is also in critical condition. It said Ihab al-Bardini was struck in the head by shrapnel, which exited through his eye.



Translation: Journalist Helmi al-Faqawi and young man Yusuf Al-Khazandar were killed as a result of the occupation forces bombing a journalists’ tent at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis.