German family of 6 killed in Israel’s attack on Gaza
BERLIN (AA) – A 6-member German family was killed in the Israeli bombing of Gaza, German media reported.
According to the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung, Yousuf Abujadallah, who worked as a doctor in Germany, his wife Ayah, and their children Salahuddin (10), Mohammed (9), Abdulrahman (3) and Omar, an infant, were killed in Gaza as a result of Israeli bombing.
Ahmed Abujadallah, the brother of Yousuf Abujadallah, said that they were able to recover the bodies of his brother and his family from the rubble after 2 weeks.
According to the report, the family was killed on Nov. 10.
“Unfortunately, we now have to assume that a German family is among the victims of the conflict in Gaza,” the German Foreign Office said.
Abujadallah and his family were the first German citizens to die in Gaza as a result of Israeli bombardments.
Israel resumed its military offensive on the Gaza Strip on Dec. 1 after a week-long suspension It has killed at least 17,487 Palestinians and injured more than 46,480 others in relentless air and ground attacks on the enclave since Oct. 7 following an attack by Hamas.
The Israeli death toll in the Hamas attack stood at 1,200, according to official figures.