In pictures: Gaza mother in inconsolable grief after Israel kills siblings

Esma Zuhd's children, Jahan and Ahmed Nasser, were killed when Israel struck Nuseirat refugee camp in Deir Al Balah, a Palestinian city in central Gaza.

Esma Zuhd cries after her children, Jahan and Ahmed Nasser, were killed by Israel in an attack at the Nuseirat Refugee Camp in Deir Al-Balah / Photo: AA
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Esma Zuhd cries after her children, Jahan and Ahmed Nasser, were killed by Israel in an attack at the Nuseirat Refugee Camp in Deir Al-Balah / Photo: AA

Israeli military has killed two children of Esma Zuhd during its attacks on the Nuseirat refugee camp in Deir al Balah, a Palestinian city in central Gaza, local authorities said.

Jahan and Ahmed Nasser have joined nearly 9,000 children who were slaughtered in the besieged enclave by Israeli warplanes, tanks and other artillery since October 7.

Here are the heart-rending scenes of the Palestinian mother saying her last goodbyes to her two innocent children.

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Tens of thousands of fleeing Palestinians sought shelter as Israeli tanks pushed through central Gaza, with more than 180 people reported killed by Israel in 24 hours of air strikes and artillery barrages on the shattered enclave.

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Israeli warplanes attacking the south of Gaza flattened homes and buried families as they slept, residents say.

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In Rafah in the south, journalists at the scene of one air strike that destroyed a building saw the head of a buried toddler sticking out of the rubble. The child screamed as a rescue worker shielded his head with a hand, while another swung a sledgehammer at a chisel, trying to break up a slab of concrete to free him.

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Most of Gaza's population have had to flee their homes in the face of a withering Israeli bombardment and ground invasion, during which Israel has killed nearly 9,000 children.

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Israel has killed at least 21,507 Palestinians, about 70 percent of them are women and children. More than 7,000 Palestinians are still under rubble of destroyed buildings.

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