Nassem Mohra, a 10-year-old kidney patient, fears he may never see his family again after Israeli forces arrested his father while he was taking the boy to a hospital in southern Gaza for urgent dialysis treatment.

A neighbour brought Nassem, who needs regular dialysis treatment, to Abu Yousef Al Najjar hospital in Rafah after the boy was separated from his relatives amid continued heavy Israeli bombardment of Gaza.

“I am afraid to die before seeing my family and relatives, and my siblings,” Nassem said, hooked up to a dialysis machine.

“I want the war to end so we can go back to our homes and I will be back to my normal life,” he said, adding he had not seen his mother in weeks.

The neighbour, Adel Haniyeh, said he had been travelling south through Gaza with his own children when he recognised Nassem and agreed to take care of him. The boy’s father had been arrested at an Israeli army checkpoint, he said.

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