Newborn twins killed in Gaza as father went to register birth

The twins were just four days old when their home was reportedly hit in an Israeli strike.

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Asser, a boy, and Ayssel, a girl, were just four days old when their father Mohammed Abu al-Qumsan went to collect their birth certificates.

While he was away, his neighbours called to say their home in Deir al Balah had been bombed.

The strike also killed his wife and the twins' grandmother.

“I don’t know what happened,” he said. “I am told it was a shell that hit the house.”

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