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One-month-old baby is rescued from rubble as nightmarish scenes unfold in Gaza

Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike on a house in Khan Younis. Photo: Reuters

Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike on a house in Khan Younis. Photo: Reuters

Mariam Dagga

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As rescuers dug through the remains of a collapsed apartment building in Gaza’s Khan Younis yesterday, they could hear the cries of a baby from underneath the rubble.

Suddenly, calls of “God is great” rang out. A man sprinted away from the wreckage carrying a living infant swaddled in a blanket and handed her to a waiting ambulance crew. The baby girl stirred fitfully as paramedics checked her over.

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