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Al Jazeera Staff

Trying to heal the trauma of Israeli raids in the occupied West Bank

Omaima Faraj, a 25-year-old volunteer nurse in Tulkarem (Restricted Use)

Jenin and Tulkarem, occupied West Bank – Omaima Faraj bows her head in silence for a moment – she’s tired, but the work does not stop.

She arrives at a school-turned-shelter near Tulkarem where her first patient, an elderly displaced woman who greets her tenderly, is waiting for her to measure her glucose and blood pressure. Then she moves to the next classroom, the next patient, walking down an open passage drenched in late-February sunshine.

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