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Meghan Horrigan-Taylor, a spokeswoman for the city, said another city employee alerted officials to the issue on Saturday when they noticed the voice feature was not functioning properly.

The hospital - which had been the best functioning in northern Gaza - is now out of service and cannot admit new patients.

It means more kids have more health care access at younger ages, so they grow into happy, functioning adults.

Al-Ahli - a small medical facility before the war - is now the only hospital still functioning in Gaza City following the destruction of Al-Shifa medical complex and hospitals in the northern part of the Strip.

"I think without all the additional stress of living in these places, this wouldn't have happened, that I would still be dancing - I would have actually been a functioning member of society," she said.