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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

In Gaza, an application languishes, and a toddler dies

Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Jalal al-Masri and his wife spent eight years and their life savings on fertility treatments in order to have their daughter, Fatma. When she was diagnosed with a congenital heart defect in December, they waited another three months for an Israeli permit to take her for treatment outside the Gaza Strip.

The permit never came. The 19-month-old died on March 25.

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