At the time of the bombing, Mohammed Abu al-Qumsan had gone to the registry office to obtain the birth certificates for his children.

A Palestinian father lost his newborn children, his wife, and his mother-in-law in a bombing by the Israeli armed forces in the Gaza Strip, according to sources at Al-Aqsa Hospital.

A hospital spokesperson confirmed that the bodies of a young woman, two infants, and an older woman were brought there early in the morning the day before yesterday, Tuesday.

Their home in Deir al-Balah was hit during an Israeli operation. The Israeli armed forces said they were not aware of the incident.

The father, Mohammed Abu al-Qumsan, told the German News Agency that the twins were born on Saturday.

On Tuesday, he left the house to go to the registry office to obtain birth certificates for the children.

A relative called him to inform him that his wife, their children, and his mother-in-law were killed in a bombing while he was away.

“Why did they bomb the house knowing we were civilians?” al-Qumsan questioned.

His wife was a doctor. She had worked in the United Arab Emirates before returning to the Gaza Strip.

“They took everything from me: my home, my family, my wife, and our two children. How will I live now?” he continued.

In a statement, the Israeli military emphasized that it targets “only” military objectives in the Gaza Strip and “takes many measures to minimize the likelihood of harm to civilians.”

According to the Health Ministry in the enclave, governed by Hamas since 2007, at least 39,965 people have been killed, and another 92,294 have been injured in the war that broke out in the Gaza Strip in October.

Israel has vowed to eliminate Hamas, which it, along with the U.S. and the EU, considers a terrorist organization, following its attack on southern Israeli territory on October 7th, in which 1,198 people, mostly civilians, lost their lives, according to a count based on official Israeli data.

As the civilian death toll rises and the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip is described as catastrophic, international criticism of Israel’s conduct of the war is intensifying, as are calls for a ceasefire.

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