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Health worker displaced by Israeli attacks in Gaza dies of ‘extreme cold’

A mourner sits beside the bodies of Palestinians killed in Israeli air attacks in Gaza City [Dawoud Abu Alkas/Reuters]

A Palestinian healthcare worker has died due to “extreme” weather conditions, according to a statement by the enclave’s Ministry of Health, as severe cold compounds the hardship faced by people displaced by Israel’s relentless attacks.

The body of Al-Hakim Ahmed al-Zaharneh, who worked at the European Gaza Hospital, was found inside his tent in al-Mawasi area, west of the city of Khan Younis, southern Gaza, the ministry said on Friday.

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