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Bereaved and destitute: Gazans a year after October 7

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Injured Palestinian student Fares al-Farra, 19, and a friend salvage some of his academic documents from the rubble of his home, destroyed due to Israeli bombardment, in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on September 16, 2024. [AFP]

In a year of war between Israel and Hamas, the people of Gaza have lost nearly everything: their loved ones, their homes, their careers and their dreams.

AFP spoke to a student, a paramedic and a former civil servant in Gaza, to hear how the conflict has destroyed their lives.

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