Israel-Hamas war live: WHO warns of ‘worrying trends’ in disease in Gaza; US strikes Iran-linked site in Syria
by Helen Sullivan (now); Léonie Chao-Fong and Martin from World news | The Guardian on (#6G6YS)
More than 33,550 cases of diarrhoea reported since mid-October, most among children under five, says WHO; US launches airstrike in response to attacks on bases housing US troops as Syrian state media reports strikes in south by Israel
On 6 October, Noor Hammad went to work as usual at a clinic in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, where she was employed as a nutritionist. In the evening she made dinner for herself and her husband. They were planning for the birth of their first child in January and had been decorating a bedroom in readiness for her arrival.
The bedroom no longer exists. Their house was destroyed in airstrikes just days after the couple fled to the south of Gaza on 9 October.
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