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Plight of children in Gaza ‘beyond anything I’ve ever seen before’, British nurse says
Screen grab from PA video of Becky Platt, a British paediatric nurse who provided aid for children with shattered and amputated limbs from airstrikes in Gaza described what she encountered as "beyond anything I've ever seen before", August 2, 2024
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A BRITISH nurse has described the plight of children in Gaza as “beyond anything I’ve ever seen before.”

Becky Platt, 50, treated youngsters with shattered and amputated limbs from Israeli bombing raids at a Gaza hospital in April.

She described the healthcare situation as broken and in dire need for medicine and other aid.

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