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On a cold February morning in Rafah, Baraa Shaheen found his six-year-old brother, Nael, quivering under a truck, waiting to be run over. Two days earlier, the house next to their tent had been bombed, scattering their family of seven. In a light blue ragged t-shirt and trousers, Nael lay emaciated, dazed, and confused, pleading for his parents. He told Baraa he wanted to die so he could join his family, whom he thought had died. Baraa, a trained nurse, immediately rushed Nael to Al Nasser Medical Centre and promised he would return with sweets while continuing his search for the family. “He w…

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