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APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, July 21, 2026. Doctors perform a corneal transplant on a 12-year-old girl at Nasser Medical Complex after the family of a deceased child donated both corneas.

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  1. 0.1 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Dr. Osama Abu al-Wafa, Head of the Ophthalmology Department, Nasser Medical Complex and Gaza European Hospital
  2. 0.2 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Sawsan Amer, Mother of the child undergoing the operation
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RESTRICTION SUMMARY: APAwire CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST: APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, July 21, 2026. Doctors perform a corneal transplant on a 12-year-old girl at Nasser Medical Complex after the family of a deceased child donated both corneas. SOUNDBITES: 0.1 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Dr. Osama Abu al-Wafa, Head of the Ophthalmology Department, Nasser Medical Complex and Gaza European Hospital 0.2 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Sawsan Amer, Mother of the child undergoing the operation STORYLINE: Doctors performed a corneal transplant on a 12-year-old girl at Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. The operation was carried out after the family of a deceased child donated both corneas, marking the first procedure of its kind in the Gaza Strip in months, according to health officials.

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