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Foreign Doctors In Gaza Describe Worst Wounds 'They've Ever Seen'

Civilians suffered more than twice the number of wounds from explosions in Gaza than other modern conflicts, according to a new study (Credit: AFP)

International doctors and nurses who treated Palestinians in Gazan hospitals described wounds more severe than civilians had suffered in other modern conflicts, according to a peer-reviewed study published Friday.

For the research in the leading medical journal BMJ, 78 humanitarian healthcare workers mostly from Europe and North America answered survey questions describing the severity, location and cause of the wounds they saw during their stints in the Gaza Strip.

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