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Sabreen Alrouh Jouda was born an orphan. During a barrage of intense Israeli airstrikes on the southern Gaza city of Rafah this weekend, one blast hit the family home into which Sabreen would have been welcomed, according to local health officials, hospital staff and family members. The blast killed her mother, Sabreen Sakani — who was 30 weeks pregnant with her at the time — as well as her father, Shukri Joudah, and her 3-year-old sister she never got to meet, Malak.
7, according to the Palestinian enclave’s Health Ministry. That toll only looks set to rise as Israel focuses its military might on Rafah, Gaza’s southernmost city that sits on the border with Egypt. It’s here where some 1.5 million Palestinians have fled, now sheltering in tents and on the streets. Nevertheless, Israel says it must strike Rafah because Hamas leaders and units are hiding out there.
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