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As Gaza losses mount under strikes, dignified burials are another casualty

By Raja Abdulrahim
New York Times·
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“The lucky are those who have someone to bury them when they die,” Dr Mohammad Abu Moussa, a radiologist at one Gaza hospital, said of those killed by Israeli airstrikes.

For four days, Kareem Sabawi’s body lay wrapped in a blanket in a cold, empty apartment as his family sheltered nearby. He was killed during intense Israeli bombardment near his family home, his father and mother said, and in the days that followed, it was too dangerous to step outside

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