Medical data reveals scale of ‘violent trauma’ injuries in Gaza

LONDON: Wounds caused by Israeli bombs and bullets accounted for nearly half of the injuries treated at outpatient clinics run by Medecins Sans Frontieres in Gaza last year, according to data published in medical journal The Lancet. Almost a third of day patients treated for such injuries at the charity’s health centers in the territory were children, the figures revealed, further highlighting the devastating human cost to Palestinian civilians of nearly two years of conflict.

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