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July 3, 2024

Israeli Strike Kills Prominent Gaza Doctor and 8 Members of His Family
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Gaza's Health Ministry says Israeli attacks have killed at least 28
Palestinians and wounded 125 others in the past 24 hours, after Israel's
military put a quarter-million Palestinians in the city of Khan Younis
under evacuation orders. Among the dead is Dr. Hassan Hamdan, head of
the burns and plastic surgery department at Nasser Hospital. He was
killed along with eight members of his family after Israel struck their
house in Deir al-Balah. Just hours earlier, the family had followed
Israel's evacuation order and fled north.

Meanwhile, hundreds of sick and injured patients fled the European
Hospital on foot ahead of another ground invasion of Khan Younis by
Israeli soldiers. This is Khan Younis resident Mahdi Abu Siraj.

Mahdi Abu Siraj: "There are no other hospitals. All the hospitals were
destroyed. Half of them collapsed and went out of service, except the
European Hospital. And now it seems that it will go out of service and
there will no longer be hospitals. Whoever gets wounded will die."



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