Dr Alaa al-Najjar was on duty at Nasser hospital when nine of her children were killed
Alaa al-Najjar, a paediatric specialist at Nasser Hospital in the city of Khan Younis, has lost nine of her 10 children in an Israeli airstrike. The hospital says only her 11-year-old son, Adam, and her husband, Hamdi, survived with substantial injuries. The conflict has been ongoing since 2023, with UN Secretary-General António Guterres warning that people in Gaza are enduring what may be "the cruellest phase" of the war, and criticising Israel's blockade on humanitarian aid.
Also in the programme: Spain is hosting a meeting in Madrid for a number of countries to discuss restoring peace in Gaza, and we reflect on the aftermath of George Floyd's killing by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on May 25th , 2020.
ing presenter Paul Henley are Faiqa Mansab, a Pakistani writer and novelist and Paul Mason, British writer, journalist, and associate fellow at the Council on Geostrategy think-tank.
(Picture: Rescuers look for survivors and bodies among the rubble inside a destroyed building, in Khan Younis, Gaza, May 23, 2025. REUTERS. WATERMARK FROM SOURCE)
