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Farid Farid

Free hotline providing hope to those hit hard by war

Fida Al Haddad says there's been a spike in calls to the hotline from those with family in Gaza. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS)

Feeling helpless at the mounting toll of slain Palestinians in Gaza, Fida Al Haddad left her job and joined a nationwide hotline offering trauma counselling to victims of war.

Witness to War was set up by the Forum of Australian Services to Survivors of Torture and Trauma in November after multiple global conflicts escalated, most recently Israel's war on Gaza.

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