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Maram Humaid

‘He can’t move at all’: A Gaza mother’s agony over baby with polio

Nevin Abu al-Jidyan with one-year-old Abdul Rahman, the first confirmed child to have contracted polio in Gaza in 25 years [Abdelhakim Abu Riash/Al Jazeera]

Al-Zawayda, Gaza – Inside a tent near al-Zawayda town in central Gaza, 35-year-old Nevin Abu al-Jidyan sat on the floor next to her youngest child, Abdul Rahman, who lay in a plastic baby seat.

She looked pale as she gently touched his face, and fanned him with a piece of cardboard.

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