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Durban doctor desperate to help family flee Gaza bloodshed

‘UNIMAGINABLE HORRORS’

Doctor tells of family escaping bullets and bombs

A DURBAN doctor is raising money to help a Palestinian colleague and his family escape the “unimaginable horrors” they’ve endured since Israel launched its attacks in Gaza in October.

Dr Seshni Reddy from Durban started the online Back-a-Buddy account to assist her friend Dr Mahmoud Abujundi and his eight family members who have been surrounded by non-stop bullets, bombings and bloodshed for three months.

The two met at medical school in China in 2019 and while Abujundi learnt to save lives there, these days he can only watch how

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