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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Ruwaida Amer, Federica Marsi

‘He was nameless’: Orphaned children lose family, identity in Gaza

It is estimated that more than 10 children a day lose one or both of their legs in Gaza since conflict erupted [File: Ali Jadallah/Anadolu]

Khan Younis, Gaza – Lying on a bed at the European Hospital in southern Gaza, hidden behind bandages that enveloped his disfigured face, five-year-old Ahmed Abu Zariaan remained unidentified for more than a week.

The injured boy was one of a growing number of children in the war-torn enclave to be registered as “unknown”, or under the acronym WCNSF – wounded child, no surviving family.

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