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Saturday, April 25, 2026
Funeral held for pregnant Gaza woman, 2 children, said killed in IDF strike; IDF says it targeted gunmen who posed a threat to troops nearby
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Palestinians today held a funeral for a woman pregnant with twins and two of her children who were reportedly killed in an Israeli strike the day before in the northern Gaza Strip.
Khalid Al-Tanani, of Beit Lahiya, recalls the series of strikes that killed his wife and two of his four children: “With the first shell, thank God we all survived and were calling out to each other. Then they fired the second, third and fourth shells one after the other. Their voices fell silent.”
“I went inside and found my wife, Islam Al-Tanani, martyred, and my son, Hamza, and Naya in her mother’s arms,” he said. “I found them martyred.”
The children were 4 and 13 years old.
Hamza’s 13-year-old twin survived, along with another of the couple’s children. Al-Tanani said they had just started talking about gathering baby items and clothes for the twins.
“You took my soul with you, Hamza, you took me with you and broke me, Hamza,” his grandmother sobbed.
The IDF yesterday confirmed the strike, saying it targeted armed operatives who “posed a threat” to troops stationed nearby.
According to the Hamas-run interior ministry, the strike targeted members of the Hamas police force while they were patrolling near a police station in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in western Gaza City. Two men were also killed in the strike, according to Palestinian reports.
The Times of Israel Community.