This picture taken from the southern Israeli border with the Gaza Strip, shows smoke billowing above destroyed buildings during Israeli bombardment in the besieged Palestinian territory. AFP
Agency spokesman Mahmud Bassal said civil defence crews retrieved "the bodies of nine child martyrs, some of them charred, from the home of Dr Hamdi al-Najjar and his wife, Dr Alaa al-Najjar, all of whom were their children".
He added that Hamdi al-Najjar and another son, Adam, were also seriously wounded in the strike on Friday.
A medical source at Nasser Hospital, where Alaa al-Najjar works, gave Adam's age as 10 years old.
Footage of the aftermath released by the civil defence agency showed rescuers recovering badly burned remains from the damaged home.
The children's funeral took place at Nasser Hospital, AFP footage showed.
Muneer Alboursh, director general of the health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza, said on X that the strike happened shortly after Hamdi Al-Najjar drove his wife to work.
"Just minutes after returning home, a missile struck their house," he said, adding the father was "in intensive care".
"This is the reality our medical staff in Gaza endure. Words fall short in describing the pain," he said.
"In Gaza, it is not only healthcare workers who are targeted -- Israel's aggression goes further, wiping out entire families."
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