When Amina Al-Mufti left the home her family was sheltering in, her parents expected she would quickly return with a bucket full of water.

But she never came back.

"I heard the sound of the missile, we were not sure if our daughter was hit or not," Amina's father, Ashraf, told the ABC.

"My wife went through the Kamal Adwan Hospital to look for her, we found her wrapped in shrouds — she asked me has she been martyred? I said yes, praise the lord."

The Al-Mufti family had fled their home in Jabalia, northern Gaza, after it was shelled by Israeli forces, seeking refuge with family members.

Ashraf was injured while living in his sister's home, and they moved again to a building metres away from the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya.

Ashraf's 10-year-old daughter had ventured outside, w

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