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Jane Arraf

Trapped in Rafah, U.S. medical volunteers say they can't save lives and can't evacuate

Editor's note: This story contains graphic descriptions of injuries.

Burn nurse Monica Johnston on Thursday shows a local nurse a burn wound on 7-year-old Zain Abu Obeid, who was injured in a blast that killed his family. He died four days later. (Monica Johnston)

AMMAN, Jordan — When Zain Abu Obeid died on Sunday at the last functioning hospital in Rafah, there was no one to collect the 7-year-old boy's body from the morgue. He had been injured in an Israeli airstrike that killed his entire family, according to members of a U.S. medical team trapped at the European Hospital following Israel's closure of the nearby border crossing.

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