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After three years apart, a Gaza father returns to his wife - and six death certificates

After three years apart, a Gaza father returns to his wife - and six death certificates Submitted by Nada Nabil on Wed, 08/19/2026 - 10:11 Ahmed al-Siqali left Gaza to build a future for his seven children. Nearly three years later, he returns to find six of them had been killed in an Israeli strike Ahmed al-Siqali hold six death certificates for his children who were killed in Israeli air strike…

Ahmed al-Siqali, a father of seven, returned to Gaza after three years apart in December 2023. He had left the Palestinian territory to work in Israel a week before the genocide began in October 2023. When he returned, he discovered that six of his children had been killed in an Israeli strike on December 8, 2023. Al-Siqali had been detained in the West Bank for two weeks before being returned to Gaza.

He held six death certificates for his deceased children. Rosan, the only surviving child, was reunited with her father, while his wife, Hayat, was waiting for him at Nasser Hospital.

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