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Fergal Keane: For Gaza survivors war will live long into the future

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Hatem Al-Atar , 25 , is a civil defence worker in Gaza who pulled out bodies and parts of bodies.

He knew he could die any second during the 15-month conflict.

Hatem's father was laid on the floor of a mortuary next to eight other bodies.

The feeling of having survived is "indescribable", says Prof Jumaa Abu Shiha .

UN and aid agencies have repeatedly accused Israel of obstructing the flow of aid to Gaza .

96% of children feel death was imminent, according to a survey by UK charity War Child .

The war has created unknown numbers of traumatised adults and children.

Ten-year-old Amr al Hindi was the sole survivor of an Israeli strike on his home in Beit Lahia .