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INTERVIEW: Working as a doctor in Gaza

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Australian doctor Mohammad Awad at work in Gaza Source: Supplied

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Despite a fragile ceasefire holding in Gaza, the strip's medical system is still under immense strain. SBS News' Tys Occhiuzzi has spoken to an Australian doctor who'd recently returned from the region to his home in Melbourne

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