Research Letter

Armed Conflict and Penetrating Traumatic Brain Injury in Children in the Gaza Strip

JAMA Network Open 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.13094

May 15, 2026 at 11:00 AM EDT

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This cohort study assesses functional outcomes at hospital discharge among children and adolescents who sustained penetrating traumatic brain injury during armed conflict in the Gaza Strip.

Corresponding Author: Mohammed Asfa, MD, Department of Neurosurgery, European Gaza Hospital, Al-Fukhari, Gaza Strip, Palestine (asfa1991@gmail.com).

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