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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Lorenzo Tondo and Sufian Taha in Jerusalem

Children among cancer patients fearing being sent back to Gaza by Israel

Ali's mother gives him a drink of water
The mother of Ali, eight, says his cancer was misdiagnosed in Gaza. Photograph: Alessio Mamo/The Guardian

Cancer patients from Gaza, including children, are living in a state of limbo in a hospital in East Jerusalem after Israeli authorities threatened to send them back.

The Guardian was given access to the Augusta Victoria hospital, where at least 22 patients from Gaza in urgent need of advanced cancer treatment are living in fear of deportation. As with numerous others, they received authorisation prior to Hamas’s 7 October attack to receive medical care outside the strip, due to the inadequate facilities in Gaza.

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