Newborn twins killed in Gaza strike while father registered birth

By Agence France-Presse

Aug 15, 2024 2:34 pm

KHAN YUNIS, Palestinian Territories — Mohammed Abu al-Qumsan had just collected the birth certificates of his three-day-old twins when he received the news: his Gaza apartment had been bombed, killing the babies and their mother.

Footage of a distraught Abu al-Qumsan, weeping and falling as he still holds the birth certificates, has been widely circulated on social media, becoming the latest emblem of the devastating toll of the war in the Palestinian territory.

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