Video reveals devastation and grief after Gaza tent camp is shelled
Gruesome images of a young Palestinian boy with part of his head blown off in what witnesses described as an Israeli tank strike have shocked even hardened observers of the war in Gaza.
Gruesome images of a young Palestinian boy with part of his head blown off in what witnesses described as an Israeli tank strike last week have shocked even hardened observers of the war in Gaza.
Videos and photos showing a grief-stricken man holding up a boy, the flesh of his face hanging loose to reveal what appeared to be his hollowed-out cranium, began to spread on social media Wednesday.
NBC News’ crew in Gaza captured the moments when the body of the 8-year-old boy, Abdullah Samour, was carried into Nasser hospital in Khan Younis after the shelling. The violence unfolded in the area of nearby Bani Suheila on Wednesday afternoon, according to Gaza’s Civil Defense Agency and witnesses who said they survived the strike.
Ahmed Harb Ahamed Samour, the man pictured carrying the child, said he was a relative of the devastated family and identified the young boy to NBC News.
A man and a woman mourn over the bodies of loved ones after an Israeli attack on the Bani Suheila district of Khan Younis on Wednesday.Hani Alshaer / Anadolu via Getty ImagesAt least nine people — five children, two women and two men — were killed, the Civil Defense Agency told NBC News. The Israel Defense Forces said it could not comment on the specific incident without exact coordinates for the strike, which NBC News was unable to determine in the devastated tent camp. But it said its troops were "operating to dismantle Hamas military capabilities" in after Hamas' terrorist attacks on Oct. 7, when 1,200 people, including hundreds of soldiers, were killed and around 250 others were taken hostage, according to Israeli officials.
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