“I screamed for my children and my husband,” she said Sunday, as she sobbed and cradled a baby’s blanket to her chest.
She closed her eyes, leaned her head against the wall and patted the bundle in a calming gesture that, finally, she’d had the chance to give.
Mourners carry the bosdies of Palestinian twins, who were killed in an Israel strike on a house in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, Sunday, March 3, 2024.
In addition to her husband and children, Rania also lost a sister, a nephew, a pregnant cousin and other relatives.
Palestinians look at the destruction after an Israeli strike on a residential building in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Sunday, March 3, 2024.
The ministry said last month that more than 12,300 Palestinian children and young teens had been killed in the war, about 43% of the overall toll. »