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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
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Maram Humaid

No place for Gaza residents to flee after Israel declares war, bombs homes

Palestinians carry their belongings as they walk on a debris-strewn street in the aftermath of Israeli strikes in Gaza City [Mohammed Salem/Reuters]

Gaza City – Amer Ashour’s pregnant wife started having labour pains just as Israel began to bombard the besieged Gaza Strip on Saturday night.

They rushed to a nearby maternity hospital where the couple was blessed with a baby boy, their second child. But what they did not expect was to return home and find no trace of it except for a pile of rubble and stones.

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