Six-year-old Omar Abu Kuwaik still believes that by his next birthday, his missing hand will have grown back.
He is one of thousands of Palestinian children who have lost limbs and loved ones in Israel's bombing campaign of the Gaza Strip.
"It'll be big again when I turn seven," he tells his aunt, softly rubbing his left arm, which ends just below his elbow.
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