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 Palestinian girl Orheen Al-Dayah, who was injured on her forehead in an Israeli strike is assisted after she had her wounds stitched without anaesthesia, at Al Shifa hospital in Gaza City on Nov 8, 2023. — Reuters
Palestinian girl Orheen Al-Dayah, who was injured on her forehead in an Israeli strike is assisted after she had her wounds stitched without anaesthesia, at Al Shifa hospital in Gaza City on Nov 8, 2023. — Reuters

 Palestinian members of the Hijazi family, killed after their home was hit during the Israeli bombardment at dusk the evening before, are placed in the back of a pick-up truck to be taken for burial from the Najjar hospital in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Nov 10, 2023. — AFP
Palestinian members of the Hijazi family, killed after their home was hit during the Israeli bombardment at dusk the evening before, are placed in the back of a pick-up truck to be taken for burial from the Najjar hospital in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Nov 10, 2023. — AFP

 Palestinian wounded in an Israeli strike rest at Al Shifa hospital in Gaza City on Nov 7, 2023. — Reuters
Palestinian wounded in an Israeli strike rest at Al Shifa hospital in Gaza City on Nov 7, 2023. — Reuters

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