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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Fatma Khaled and Wafaa Shurafa

Bedwetting, nightmares and shaking. War in Gaza takes a mental health toll, especially on children

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Nabila Hamada gave birth to twin boys in Gaza early in the war, in a hospital reeking of decaying bodies and full of displaced people. When Israeli forces threatened the hospital, she and her husband fled with only one of the babies, as medical staff said the other was too weak to leave. Soon after, Israeli forces raided the hospital, Gaza’s largest, and she never saw the boy again.

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