Diamond Member Pelican Press 0 Posted September 12, 2024 Diamond Member Share Posted September 12, 2024 This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up Gazan child amputee dreams big after evacuation to Qatar By Imad Creidi and Bassam Masoud DOHA (Reuters) – Evacuated to Qatar from the chaos of Gaza, nine-year-old ************ Mahmoud Youssef Ajjour still dreams of becoming a pilot one day despite losing his arms in an ******** rocket *******. In a small apartment in Doha, capital of the wealthy Gulf ***** state, Ajjour’s mother slowly eases him into his uniform to help him get ready for school. It will take some time to fit him with artificial limbs. The rocket hit as he was walking away from his Gaza home in December with his father and mother, he said. “I was lying on the ground, I didn’t know what hit me, I didn’t know that I lost my arms” said Ajjour. He was operated on in Gaza with limited anaesthetic, waking up from the operation in great pain and with his arms gone, his mother said. Yet he is one of the lucky ones, escaping the shattered territory, where many hospitals have been destroyed and doctors say they often have to perform surgery without any anaesthetic and pain killers. Qatar has taken in some injured Gazans for treatment as it tries to mediate a ceasefire between ******* and ****** along with the ******* States and Egypt that would see the release of hostages held by ****** in Gaza and some ************ prisoners held in *******. There is still no sign of agreement. Ajjour longs for Gaza, which was vibrant before the conflict despite widespread ******** and high unemployment in what was one of the world’s most densely populated places. His home was destroyed in the ******** offensive triggered by an Oct. 7 ******* by ******-led militants who ******* 1,200 people and took more than 250 ********, according to ******** tallies. The offensive has ******* at least 41,118 Palestinians and wounded 95,125, according to the Gaza health ministry. Nearly two million people have been displaced and the territory has become a wasteland. ******* says it does not target civilians, accusing ****** militants of hiding among them, allegations the militants deny. “I want Gaza to be beautiful again,” Ajjour says. At the long-established ************ School in Doha, he sits patiently while his classmates write things down and raises his voice alongside them as they answer a teacher’s questions. The school psychologist, Hanin Al Salamat, sees in him a source of inspiration. “He gives us strength,” she says. He refuses to let physical limitations define him. “I will keep trying everything,” he says with conviction. “I will become a pilot, and I will play soccer with my friends.” (Writing by Tala Ramadan; Editing by Michael Georgy and Philippa Fletcher) This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up #Gazan #child #amputee #dreams #big #evacuation #Qatar This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up Link to comment https://hopzone.eu/forums/topic/124491-gazan-child-amputee-dreams-big-after-evacuation-to-qatar/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
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