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Maram Humaid

Israel closing Rafah a ‘death sentence’ for thousands of ill and wounded

Sick people including baby Sadeel cannot leave through the Rafah crossing [Abdelhakim Abu Riash/Al Jazeera]

Deir el-Balah, Gaza – Sadeel Hamdan was just about six weeks old when Israel launched its relentless war on Gaza.

Now she lies silently on a paediatric hospital bed in Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital – weak, intubated, her belly swollen and skin jaundiced.

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