Mohammed Dawwas, a highly respected translator, fixer and journalist who worked for The Independent for decades, has died from a lack of medicine and critical medical care after being forced to flee with his family from their home in northern Gaza.
The Dawwas family were among the civilians who left Gaza City and headed south on the instructions of the Israeli military. They sought refuge in Deir al Balah, about 10 miles south, before that town too was hit by an airstrike – which, according to the Hamas-run Palestinian health authorities, killed 45 people and injured 50 others.
