New ward provides hope for Gazans coping with gunshot wounds

Mansour al-Masri has been largely confined to bed for almost two years, iron rods protruding through bandages wrapping his lower leg.On Thursday, the World Health Organization and the local Health Ministry offered some hope, officially inaugurating Gaza's first limb reconstruction center, which aims to provide the wounded with permanent specialized and centralized care.Al-Masri is among thousands of protesters shot by Israeli forces during 20 months of weekly demonstrations along the fence separ