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Ms Abu Obeida and Ms Abu Shaaban stash food into their luggage at the hotel near Augusta Victoria Hospital. AFP
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Ali Jneina, eight, with his mother at Augusta Victoria Hospital in east Jerusalem. Ali is among a group of patients living in limbo as an Israeli court considers whether they can be sent back to war-torn Gaza now that their cancer treatment is completed. Photo: Augusta Victoria Hospital
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Ameera Sabbagh, 11, fears the prospect of returning to Gaza. Thomas Helm / The National
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Palestinian men from Gaza sit outside a small hotel near Augusta Victoria Hospital, where they received treatment for cancer. AFP
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Rim Abu Obeida and Manal Abu Shaaban from Gaza received radiation therapy for breast cancer at the hospital. AFP
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Ms Abu Obeida and Ms Abu Shaaban stash food into their luggage at the hotel near Augusta Victoria Hospital. AFP
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Ali Jneina, eight, with his mother at Augusta Victoria Hospital in east Jerusalem. Ali is among a group of patients living in limbo as an Israeli court considers whether they can be sent back to war-torn Gaza now that their cancer treatment is completed. Photo: Augusta Victoria Hospital
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Ameera Sabbagh, 11, fears the prospect of returning to Gaza. Thomas Helm / The National
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Palestinian men from Gaza sit outside a small hotel near Augusta Victoria Hospital, where they received treatment for cancer. AFP
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Rim Abu Obeida and Manal Abu Shaaban from Gaza received radiation therapy for breast cancer at the hospital. AFP
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Ms Abu Obeida and Ms Abu Shaaban stash food into their luggage at the hotel near Augusta Victoria Hospital. AFP