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UN: Palestinians are dying in hospitals as estimated 60,000 wounded overwhelm remaining doctors

By EDITH M. LEDERER, Associated Press
Published: January 18, 2024, 1:24pm
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A Palestinian child wounded during the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip receives treatment at the Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, Southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024.
A Palestinian child wounded during the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip receives treatment at the Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, Southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Mohammed Dahman) Photo Gallery

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Palestinians are dying every day in Gaza’s overwhelmed remaining hospitals which can’t deal with the tens of thousands people hurt in Israeli’s military offensive, a U.N. health emergency expert said Wednesday, while a doctor with the International Rescue Committee called the situation in Gaza’s hospitals the most extreme she had ever seen.

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