‘People are dying all around us’: Indonesian medical volunteer in southern Gaza

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Fikri Rofiul Haq, a volunteer from Indonesia who worked at the Indonesian Hospital in northern Gaza before its recent destruction by Israeli forces, said the sounds of Israel’s bombardments are all around.

“You can hear the sound of attacks taking place all over the Gaza Strip now and people are dying all around us,” Haq told Al Jazeera.

“We are still sheltering in a government school in South Gaza and have been here for the past seven days, since we were evacuated from the Indonesia Hospital,” he said.

Haq said the temporary truce had allowed people in Gaza to go back to living somewhat normal lives, though there were still shortages even with the humanitarian aid that started to arrive with the pause in fighting.

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