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TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY TOM LITTLE Ahmed Ayyad grimaces in pain as a nurse (L) changes a wound dressing on his chest at his home on August 30, 2014 in the Shejaiya neighbourhood of Gaza City. Still in shock weeks after the shell strike that shredded his arm and killed four members of his family, Ayyad is one of many Gazans now needing care for wounds from the conflict. "The shelling started at dawn prayer in areas far away but we heard the sound of it coming closer to us at six in the morning, and we were forced to leave our homes," he says. Israel launched its offensive on July 8 with the aim of destroying militant tunnels it said were used to launch attacks. The Shejaiya neighbourhood where Ayyad was wounded on July 20 was the scene of intense shelling. AFP PHOTO/ROBERTO SCHMIDT (Photo credit should read ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)