As he entered, he saw two people on opposite beds. "The doctors were trying to resuscitate them," he told AFP, tears welling in his eyes.
"I helped the doctors with the first patient. He was young but soon died, so I tried to help save the life of the second man without looking at his face.
"The doctors were trying to resuscitate him, so I left them to help other cases... but I had a strange feeling the second wounded man belonged to me.
"I ran back and asked about him, and they told me that he had been martyred, so I subconsciously pulled back the curtain, and discovered that the martyr was my father."
Ashqar said his father Abdel Aziz, 65, had been returning from prayers in the Old City when he was caught up in the Israeli incursion. He said his father was unarmed.
Israel said Wednesday's raid targeted two Lions' Den members, as well as a member of the Islamic Jihad group.
As young men lined up to offer their condolences on Friday, Ashqar said his father had simply been going about his everyday life and lamented the prospects of ever winning justice for him.
"I don't know whether the Palestinian person is different to the European or American person," he said.
"We just wish we could have a life, we just want a life."
