The bombing of Gaza has also continued overnight into Monday. Hamas-controlled health authorities in Gaza claim that 200 people have been killed last night. Over 10,000 people are said to have lost their lives in Gaza since Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, according to health authorities in Gaza. Over 4,100 of them will be children. The number has not been confirmed by independent sources. In Israel, 1,400 were killed in the terrorist attack on 7 October. – I cried behind the camera when I saw other people’s children die. Today I am the one who has lost my children, says photographer in Gaza, Mohammed Alaloul, to the AFP news agency. FAREWELL: In a shroud lies Mohammed’s four-year-old son Qais. Photo: MAHMUD HAMS / AFP He didn’t sleep for a second on Sunday night. He spent the whole night documenting what is happening in Gaza. It was while he was out working that videos from his neighborhood, Maghazi, streamed into his phone. RUINAR: Palestinians search for survivors after the Israeli bomb attack in the Maghazi refugee camp in the Gaza Strip. Photo: Fatima Shbair / AP Four of his children were among those killed who were dug up from the ruins. Of the nearly 10,000 killed in Gaza, at least 4,008 must be children, according to the Hamas-controlled health authorities in Gaza. At least 47 killed According to the Hamas-controlled Ministry of Health, over 47 were killed in the attack in Maghazi. They expect the death toll to rise. The number has not been confirmed by independent sources. Qais, Ahmad, Rahaf and Kenaan, the children of Mohammed, are four of them. SURVIVED: Mohammed with his son Adam who survived with injuries. Photo: MAHMUD HAMS / AFP Wearing the blue press vest, he held a funeral for them at the hospital located near the neighbourhood. Inside the hospital are the family members who survived. The one-year-old son Adam and his wife Amnah are both injured. The hospital is overcrowded, and many of the injured are being treated in the corridors, according to The New York Times. They also write that a spokesperson for the Israeli military says they are investigating “reports of the attack”. Journalists are both injured and killed In addition to sacrificing everything he holds dear while working as a photographer in war, other journalists and their families’ lives are also in danger. Several press workers died in the Hamas attack against Israel on 7 October. Since then, new dead journalists have been reported almost daily in Gaza. 36 journalists and media workers have been confirmed dead in Israel and Gaza since 7 October, writes the independent organization Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). In addition, 3 journalists have been reported missing. Of the dead journalists, 31 are Palestinians, 4 Israelis and 1 Lebanese. 8 journalists have been reported injured, and 8 are to be arrested. The press organizations in Norway wrote a joint statement in October that they are worried about the safety of journalists at work in war.
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