Grieving Father shows off twin boy and girl killed in Syria's 'sarin gas massacre'

Devastated Abdul Hamid Youssef was pictured cradling the bodies of his dead toddler-aged twins, Ahmed and Aiya, after they were killed during the chemical 'sarin gas' attack in Khan Sheikhoun, in the rebel-held central province of Idlib, Syria.

 

Youssef, who lost 20 members of his family including his wife in Tuesday's attack, also shared images of his children, a boy and a girl, playing together before they were killed in the war-ravaged town. 

It has been reported he is now very sick himself in hospital, suffering from chemical exposure.

Up to 100 people, including 20 children and 17 women, are dead following the chemical attack in Khan Sheikhoun. 

The latest official death toll being reported as 72, according to the UK-based monitoring group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

Renewed air strikes hit Khan Sheikhoun on Wednesday, as cities around Syria were affected by raids. 

Air strikes hit Douma, Kafr Batna and Saqba, a town in the Eastern Ghouta Region of Damascus, Syria, on Tuesday and Wednesday. A strike in Saqba killed four people, including two children, and injured ten others.   

No casualties were reported following air strikes in Khan Sheikhoun on Wednesday because the area had been evacuated following Tuesday's attack.

Grieving Father shows off twin boy and girl killed in Syria's 'sarin gas massacre'