- Leyan, 14, was flown to Chicago after a devastating explosion on October 27 left her severely injured and her legs having to be amputated without anesthesia.
- The teen is now receiving treatment at Shriner’s Hospital through the nonprofit organization Heal Palestine.
- More than 13,000 children have been killed in Gaza since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas in October last year, according to a recent UN report.
A 14-year-old Palestinian girl from Gaza had both legs amputated after a bomb hit her home, but she is now receiving treatment in Chicago.
Leyan, 14, was flown to Chicago after a devastating explosion on October 27 left her severely injured and her legs having to be amputated without anesthesia.
“The attacks and bombings against my home also led to the murder of a one-day-old baby and my five-year-old niece,” he said at a ceremony in Chicago.
The teen is now receiving treatment at Shriner’s Hospital through the nonprofit Heal Palestine.
Leyan said at the event that she now wants to be a doctor to help children who have suffered injuries as a result of war.
Leyan, 14, was flown to Chicago after a devastating explosion on October 27 left her severely injured and her legs having to be amputated without anesthesia.
The teen is now receiving treatment at Shriner’s Hospital through the nonprofit organization Heal Palestine.
Chicago has also become a refuge and new home for other children injured and displaced by the conflict.
Two-year-old Jude and his father arrived in Chicago earlier this month with the help of the nonprofit Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund after Jude suffered serious leg injuries in Gaza.
They stay at the Ronald McDonald House while Jude receives treatment for injuries he suffered in an attack that killed his mother.
“There are countless children who are still in need,” Jude’s father told CBS.
‘Everyone deserves the same level of help, treatment and medical care, not only for the children of Gaza but of all of Palestine.
“Children are in need now more than ever.”
According to a recent UN report, more than 13,000 children have been killed in Gaza since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas in October last year.
“Thousands more have been injured or we can’t even determine where they are,” UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell told CBS News.
“The attack and bombing of my home also led to the murder of a one-day-old baby and my five-year-old niece,” Leyan said at a ceremony in Chicago.
Leyan said at the event that she now wants to be a doctor to help children who have suffered injuries as a result of war.
They may be trapped under debris. “We have not seen that death rate among children in almost any other conflict in the world.”
“I have been in wards of children suffering from severe anemia and malnutrition, the whole ward is absolutely quiet,” he explained.
And he adds: “Children, babies, don’t even have the energy to cry.”
Since then, Israel’s war against Hamas has devastated the Gaza Strip, killing more than 30,000 people, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
The UN says a quarter of Gaza’s 2.3 million people face hunger.
