Correspondent in Jerusalem
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Dr. Ahmed Mougrabi, head of the plastic surgery department at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younes, in the southern Gaza Strip, takes advantage of a break between operations to hug his daughter. She is 3 years old. Since their house was damaged by a nearby bombing, the doctor's family has taken refuge in hospital.
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They sleep in my office," says Dr. Mougrabi. Her daughter was wounded in her right arm in the bombing: she wears a large bandage that goes from her elbow to her wrist. "I was operating in another hospital when my brother told me that a bomb had exploded very close to my house. We didn't know if my family was alive. I wondered if I should stop the surgery, but I decided to continue. I told my brother: take them to Nasser Hospital. Even though they're dead, I want to see them one last time. Thank God when I arrived, they were covered in dust...
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