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Palestinian father’s twin babies killed by Israeli airstrike while he collects birth certificates
Palestinian father Mohammad Abu Al Qumsan’s twin babies were killed in an Israeli airstrike while he collected their birth certificates. His wife, Jumana, was also killed. Israel’s offensive in Gaza has resulted in nearly 40,000 Palestinian deaths, including more than 16,400 children, according to Gaza’s Ministry of Health.
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In a moment of sheer disbelief and overwhelming sorrow, Mohammad Abu Al Qumsan collapsed in the courtyard of Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in central Gaza on Tuesday. His grief was palpable as he pleaded with health officials, “I beg you. I beg you. Let me see them,” referring to his newborn twins, Aysal and Aser, and his wife, Jumana, aged 28.
Just hours earlier, Al Qumsan had left his home in Deir al-Balah to obtain birth certificates for his three-day-old twins. The twins, a boy and a girl, were the latest addition to his family, born only days ago. However, while he was away, an Israeli airstrike hit his home, claiming the lives of his newborn children and his wife, who had just given birth.
Footage captured by a freelance journalist for CNN showed the distraught father surrounded by mourners at Al Aqsa Hospital. Men could be seen comforting him, gently stroking his forehead as he struggled to process the unimaginable loss. Later, Al Qumsan was filmed kneeling beside the shrouded bodies of his loved ones, reciting Islamic funeral prayers alongside rows of worshippers.
Jumana, a pharmacist, and their twins were among at least 23 people killed in several Israeli airstrikes in the area, according to hospital officials. The strikes also claimed the life of a nine-month-old baby. The Israeli military, in response to inquiries, stated that “the details of the incident as published are not currently known to the IDF,” adding that its operations target only military objectives and that it takes measures to minimize civilian harm.
At the funeral, an imam sought to comfort the grieving father, saying, “May God unite you together in paradise my dear. I swear to God you will be reunited with them in paradise and be with them forever.”
Al Qumsan, who had moved his family to Deir al-Balah in a desperate attempt to protect his pregnant wife from Israel’s ongoing bombing campaign, now faces a future without them. The Gaza Ministry of Health reports that at least 115 babies have been born and killed since the escalation of violence began.
Jumana had recently shared her joy on social media, celebrating the birth of her twins and calling them a “miracle.” The couple had been married last summer, before the outbreak of the current conflict.
Israel’s military offensive, which began on 7 October 2023 following an attack by Hamas on southern Israel, has resulted in nearly 40,000 Palestinian deaths, including more than 16,400 children, according to Gaza’s Ministry of Health. The ongoing violence has also left over 92,000 people injured.
The UN’s children’s agency, UNICEF, has described the situation in Gaza as an “unrelenting” war on children, estimating that at least 17,000 children have been separated from their families or are unaccompanied. Salim Oweis, a communications officer for UNICEF, expressed shock at the scale of suffering, destruction, and displacement in Gaza, stating that the true extent of the devastation goes far beyond what is seen on television.
The humanitarian crisis in Gaza continues to deepen as the population of over 2.2 million people faces the threat of famine and disease. Relief efforts are hampered by Israeli restrictions on aid, and the region’s healthcare system is on the brink of collapse, with less than half of its 36 hospitals partially operational.
As the conflict drags on, the stories of loss, like that of Mohammad Abu Al Qumsan, are becoming all too common, underscoring the devastating human toll of the violence in Gaza.
“The Israeli army is one of the most criminal armies in the world,” Chris Sidoti, a member of the UN’s Independent International Commission of Inquiry (COI) on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, told reporters in June. The COI was presenting findings of its report into abuses committed on both sides since Israel’s war on Gaza began.
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If you refer to the State of Israel, there is the Leftist Jews as well as the Zionists. Please don’t use, “Israel,” to confuse readers that all the Jews condone the actions of the Zionists who actually wanted land in Madagascar. It shows the dishonesty of the many on the thread when they use history to justify the murderous actions of the Zionists. It is due to the dishonesty in many of us that the PAP have been able to be in power for 58years. It is the same with the Zionists. If we want the PAP to go, clean… Read more »
As usual Useless Noise (UN) always blames Israel.
Enough of dramas release the hostage everything will be status quo..
Jihadist think they are in the ancient times ravaging n plundering invading robbing looting n expecting to get 72 goats…You cannot get away all the time…Cause n effect will follow…
I am very sure Hamas terrorists know many Palestinians are dying and continue to die. The problems is they do not want a cease fire by freeing all the civilian hostages. Sad truth
Twin Terror Group Grounded.
Did GG going to raise more funds ? tsk tsk tsk
Sad for the Palestinians. Can understand why Netanyahu says the Palestinian terrorists are radicalized.Sigh
For centuries, Jews are the occupiers of Israel. Palestinians are just migrants from Arab nations.
Do they not read History about Kind David, Moses? Even Abraham is a Jews who speaks Hebrew.
Where was Palestine? Sigh
Meanwhile, the official UN representative for Palestine – the PA under Mahmound Abbas – is unable to reclaim Gaza, unable to work with Hamas (except to blame Israel for everything), unable to rein in Hamas, have ZERO (wayang doesn’t count, hor) participation in resolving the Gaza war, unwilling/unable/incompetent to help obtain the release of the hostages (and hand them over to a third party). Give the “Palestinians” some lands, yet they have shown that they cannot govern it or make something of it. The stupid pro-Palis still think they can have a country & run it. Even the Palestinian flag… Read more »
Some pro-palis are so stupid argue this and argue that to try to blame this Gaza war on Israel. It is very obvious these stupid ppl don’t understand (or likely don’t want to admit) the CONSEQUENCES and COSTS of starting a war. Even more fuxkin’ stupid if the opponent they chose to go to war with is militarily much stronger than them. Seeing the consequences of their stupidity, they then scream things like genocide, starvation, famine, brutality, unfair fight, 70-year-history, ancestral lands, they are “victims”, etc. Indeed, there is no cure for Stupidity for such ppl.
I trust the Leftist Jews will put their house in order and they will once again offer the olive branch to the Palestinians to have peace in the region. Shalom as preparations are being made to celebrate the sabbath tomorrow. If there are Christians and Muslims on the thread, today is a holy day for both communities. Let us celebrate our shared values of love and peace to all humanity. Churches have to hold special prayers for the many Christians who have been indoctrinated into supporting the heinous crimes of the Zionists.
Hamas reported to blend and mesh themselves, their weapons, embed in civvy locations, hospitals, schools, seemingly non military ‘unauthorised’ spots, and target Israelis from there.
Obviously Hamas fighters put their own innocent people at risks of death and injuries.
What do u think? Hamas cowards, self destruct? Blame the West and Israel. How NOT to laugh at Hamas’s wisdom.
Hamas ignores cease fire . (Palestinians will suffer )
very sad indeed. What is Hamas going to do about it as their leader?
Why still not releasing all the civilian hostages and cease the war?
Jordan, KSA, Kuwait, Oman, Iraq, Iraq, Egypt – and so on – why aren’t these countries with so huge geographical land masses, so much oil wealth reportedly spent on Gold Taps, gold cars, Gold Baths, 100 rooms Monte Carlo Mansions, Luceene Mansions, Alps Getaways etc etc. welcome Palestinians from Gaza West Bank or what nots. Why Why Why so many Arab countries talk and talk and talk and talk and talk and talk about Israel the bad guys when they REFUSED REFUSED REFUSED REFUSED to welcome Palestinians to live? Western Europe housed millions of Muslims YET Arab Counties do F… Read more »
Many of the countries gaining independence following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. Pakistan was formed in 1947 after the partition of the British Raj, while Afghanistan has its own unique history with different periods of rule and independence.
The Stan Countries
The Islamist muslim arabs in GAZA and the WEST BANK can always flee to the 7 central Asia muslim “STAN” countries to seek asylum and citizenship.
Central Asia is a huge continent with swathe of land for them to procreate abundantly.
What about Darfur, Sudan mass murders of innocent Africans by the janjaweed arabs? What about President Assad’s long, ongoing mass murder of Syrian resistance fighters in Syria? What about the murder against innocent Kurds by Arabs? Why the silence except the false and unverified accusations against the Jewish people only? Oh, ya, the Jews are always at fault? Always blame the Jews? Only because they are Jews? Historical targeting of Jews are well recorded in perpetuity – because they are Jews. What atrocity. How evil.
Why no mention of Hamas and their heinous crimes? Is this writing crafted to deliberately omit crucial truths, in order to mislead and distract the world from the fact Hamas perpetrated these atrocities of mass murder and kidnapping, and still held on to more than a hundred hostages including BABIES and ELDERLY civilians? Hamas must come to the negotiation table and release all hostages unconditionally.
Have the Zionists been shown pictures and photos of the holocaust when they were young that they are acting it out on the Palestinians? It is the same as those who were raped. Some become rapists when they grow up. Once they have a taste for killing, they will not stop as they will have a need to kill again and again. It is like a drug party. The participants can never stop. Only the Leftist Jews, China or Russia can stop this. Most of the western governments will continue to cheer and support the killings by giving more weapons.
Woody Goh’s very own Chindian Cross- Breed is Going To Go Bye Bye Soon.
Let’s see what CIA, 506 all can do to save him.
Israeli did the right thing. Eliminating future …TERRORISTS.
That what this mission is all about.
Uncle Sam is just using israel as a proxy to do the dirty work and as a great excuse to take out Iran.
Well, there is no sitting in the fence here, unlike the many morons commenting here.
You are either ‘for’ this mission or against it.
Guess which side of the fence, YOUR little red dot is at?😆😆😆😆
Do the starving, malnourished Iraqi children who suffered for more than 10 years under the embargo regretted that Saddam invaded Kuwait in 1990?
Too bad?
Does he regret his hamas leaders started the shxt on 7 Oct? Cause and Effect.
So Sad
RIP
They have the US support and the G7. They are targeting the children to wipe out the next generation of the Palestinians. They will maim the present generation and will continue to build more illegal settlements. We have to look at China and Russia to stop the carnage and to establish a Palestinian State. The Americans have to be treated as criminals just like Netanyahu.