As patients are operated on without anaesthetic, and medical supplies and food are depleted, humanitarian organisation Gift of the Givers is working around the clock to provide aid to war-torn Gaza.
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In a video released by the humanitarian aid organisation last month, Van Deventer confirmed that he had been kidnapped by an Al-Qaeda splinter group and was being held captive.