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500 health workers, including specialised doctors, killed by Israel in Gaza

Israels war on Gaza has killed at least 500 health workers since October, including several specialised doctors, AP news agency reports.

Amongst those killed were highly specialised doctors, including a plastic surgeon specialising in wound care, a reconstructive surgeon, an obstetrician/gynaecologist, an orthopaedic surgeon, a fertility doctor, and the only liver transplant doctor in Gaza.

Hassan Hamdan, a plastic surgeon who specialised in wound reconstruction, was killed along with 12 members of his family earlier this month after coming out of retirement to help during the war.