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His daughter, brother and sister are among the more than 67,000 Palestinians that Gaza's health ministry has recorded killed by Israel in the war.
It was reduced to rubble by Israel's military in the war.
He says he hopes there is a chance for permanent ceasefire under President Trump's plan, so those still alive in Gaza have a chance at life again.
President Trump asked Israel to stop bombing Gaza at this stage of negotiations, and yet Israel's bombardment does continue there.
Gaza health officials say scores of Palestinians were killed just in the last day in Israeli strikes, and NPR's Anas Baba recorded this overnight.
So you hear the sound of a war plane and an airstrike.
An Israeli official told us that Israel is limiting its activity now in Gaza to defensive activities, not offensive.
We don't know how exactly that is being defined, but there really is now hope in Gaza and in Israel that this could be the beginning of the end.
Here, in Gaza City, the sound of sirens and Israeli artillery is nearly constant.
Médecins Sans Frontières decided to suspend its operations here after the organization said Israeli forces moved within hundreds of meters of its clinics.
That makes 28 health centers which have shut down or suspended operations in Gaza City this month.
Among them, the only functioning pediatric hospital because of Israel's latest ground offensive there.
MSF says its staff could no longer work safely or guarantee even basic treatment for patients with burns, trauma wounds or new bones in critical care.
The organization is urgently calling for guarantees of safe access for humanitarian workers.
Anas Baba, NPR News, Gaza City.
One of Israel's airstrikes killed 13 displaced people who were sheltering in a tent encampment.
That's according to Al-Aqsa Hospital, where the victims were taken.
In Gaza City, health officials say Israeli shelling and bombardment forced several hospitals to stop all services this week.
Israel's military says it struck 170 Hamas targets across Gaza over the past day.