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'Israel' kills twin babies conceived after 10 years of trying

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: Agencies
  • 4 Mar 2024 00:11
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"I screamed for my children and my husband. They were all dead. They've gone together and left me behind," Rania Abu Anza, the mother of twin martyrs Wissam and Naeim said.

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  • Rania Abu Anza says her husband and 13 other family members were killed in the attack. (@hamdahsalhut)
    Rania Abu Anza says her husband and 13 other family members were killed in the attack. (@hamdahsalhut)

After a decade-long struggle with infertility, Rania Abu Anza's dream of motherhood turned into a nightmare when an Israeli airstrike destroyed her home in southern Gaza, claiming the lives of her five-month-old twins, her husband, and 11 other relatives.

Rania recounted the tragic events, "I screamed for my children and my husband. They were all dead. They left together and left me behind."

The strike occurred late Saturday night while Rania was asleep with her husband and children.

Rania said she woke up to breastfeed Naeim, her baby boy, and went back to sleep with him in one arm and Wissam, her baby girl, in the other. Their father was sleeping beside them, she recalled tearfully.

RAFAH: A mother mourns the loss of her infant twins after they were killed by an Israeli air strike.

Rania Abu Anza says her husband and 13 other family members were killed in the attack.

The twins were conceived after multiple rounds of IVF over the course of a decade. pic.twitter.com/XGiNFBQF8d

— Hamdah Salhut (@hamdahsalhut) March 3, 2024

As part of "Israel's" ongoing genocidal campaign on the Strip, the IOF frequently targets the homes of civilians. 

Regarding this attack, Dr. Marwan al-Hams, director of the local hospital, confirmed that of the 14 people killed in the Abu Anza house, six were children and four were women.

Rania's anguish was palpable as she mourned the loss of her family, including her sister, nephew, and a pregnant cousin.

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The Abu Anza family had faced a long struggle with infertility before finally conceiving through IVF treatments.

Rania and her husband, Wissam, were overjoyed when they learned they were expecting twins.

Her husband was so proud he insisted on naming the girl after himself, she added.

"I didn't get enough of them," Rania lamented, reflecting on her brief time with her beloved children.

💔Rania Abu Anza bids farewell to her husband and her twins,Naeem and Wissam,whom she gave birth to after 11 years of waiting to become a mother
They were martyred in the bombing of their house in Rafah/Gaza last night
The kinda sorrow I can never handle
إنا لله وإنا إليه راجعون. pic.twitter.com/Jmr6TtM7rB

— Алина Черчесова Alina Caucasian (@AlichersoulUz) March 3, 2024

"Israel" has killed more than 30,000 Palestinians in Gaza so far, and numbers keep mounting as the Strip is now faced with hunger and disease due to the Israeli blockade. 

Certain countries have condemned the violence and called for an immediate ceasefire to prevent further civilian casualties.

However, for families like the Abu Anzas, the damage has already been done, leaving behind shattered lives and broken dreams.

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