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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Jason Burke International security correspondent

Family tell of seeing mother and son burned to death in Gaza hospital blaze

Mohammed al-Dalou crouched over with hand to his eyes while speaking on the phone
Mohammed al-Dalou, who has described trying to save his injured brother as flames engulfed tents at Gaza hospital compound. Photograph: Ramadan Abed/Reuters

The brother of a teenage Palestinian computing student who burned to death in a blaze sparked by an Israeli strike on a Gaza hospital compound has described how he tried to save his injured sibling as flames engulfed tents.

“I heard the sound of bombing, I looked out and saw very black smoke next to our tent,” said Mohammed al-Dalou, speaking to Reuters at the location of the strike in Deir al-Balah, where charred ground and twisted debris lay between still standing tents.

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