Gaza doctor sees dead and unconscious children – “What did they do to deserve this?”

Pharmacist Iyad Sakura, who worked as an emergency doctor in Nasser Hospital in Gaza during the war, fainted when he saw among the bodies the bodies of his children, his mother, and other relatives.

The 42-year-old doctor was horrified to discover that several members of his family had been killed when their home was bombed in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, which has been under constant bombardment by Israeli forces since the start of the war with Hamas. .

With eyes filled with tears, this morning he said goodbye to his people, who were wrapped in white sheets, in the hospital morgue.

Pointing with his finger, one after the other: “My mother, Zainab Abu Dayyeh, my brothers, Mahmoud and Hussein Sakura, my sister, Israa, and her two children, Nabil and Nour, and my two children, Abdul Rahman, 7 years old and Omar.” 5 years.”

The children’s palms were open so he could see their faces

Touching Abdul Rahman’s bloodstained forehead, she continued: “I have five children, but this is my favorite.” The children’s palms were open so he could see their faces. He wondered, “What did they do to deserve tons of bombs and explosives to fall on their heads inside their home?” Iyad asked desperately. Immediately afterward, he added with determination: “God called them to Him, like many other children before.”

According to the latest toll published by the Hamas Ministry of Health, at least 10,300 people were killed due to the Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip, including 4,237 children.

“Either we win in our liberated land or we are buried in it.”

Dr. Sakura comes from a family of Palestinian refugees who were forced to leave when Israel was established in 1948. Today, the refugees and their descendants constitute 80% of the Gaza Strip’s population of 2.4 million people.

“If the enemy wants to pursue us again, we tell him that God gave us a promise: either we will be victorious in our liberated land, or we will be buried in it. Now I will bury my children and go back to work.”

He placed himself at the head of the funeral procession, in the hospital courtyard, followed by his colleagues and other relatives. As he walks toward the nearby Khan Yunis Martyrs’ Cemetery, Dr. Sakura holds Abdul Rahman in his arms and kisses him one last time on the head.

Source: RES-MPE