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Gaza baby dies after Palestinians cut ties with Israel

The grandmother of Palestinian baby Omar Yagi displays a picture of him taken before his death in Gaza last week from a serious heart condition he had been due to receive life-saving surgery in Israel. [Photo: AFP]

Baby Omar Yaghi was eight months old when he died, unable to travel from Gaza to Israel for life-saving heart surgery after Palestinian officials cut coordination.

The baby's mother Raneen has been unable to speak or eat since losing her son last week, his uncle Mohammed Yaghi told AFP.

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