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An amputation on a hallway floor and a death by lack of medicine are a few of the stories emerging from Gaza's besieged and bombarded hospitals. Al-Shifa, the largest, is sheltering thousands of displaced Palestinians, and the only cancer centre in Gaza has been damaged by an airstrike.
As more than a million Gazans face evacuation orders, humanitarian organizations in Canada and abroad say they re facing challenges in delivering aid due to the Isareli blockade and the lack of a humanitarian corridor.