RAFAH/JABALIA: Born two months untimely as warfare raged in Gaza, Palestinian child Yehia Hamuda was evacuated to southern Gaza after Israeli forces raided the hospital the place he was being cared for within the north.
Caught within the north, his dad and mom haven’t seen him since then.
His mom Sondos and father Zakaria scrolled via images of Yehia, now five-months-old, on a cell phone at their residence in Jabalia in northern Gaza, severed from the south by Israeli army checkpoints.
Sondos mentioned it was too harmful to make the 30-km (20-mile) journey from Jabalia to Rafah.
“There are tanks and bulldozers. My husband and I can’t go,” she mentioned. “They might kill us. I’m afraid my son would find yourself residing alone.”
Yehia was born on Nov. 27, seven weeks into the battle that was triggered when fighters from the Palestinian militant group Hamas stormed Israel in an assault that killed 1,200 individuals, in line with Israeli tallies.
Greater than 34,000 individuals have been killed within the Gaza Strip throughout Israel’s offensive, which has laid waste to a lot of the territory, in line with well being authorities within the enclave.
With communications down, three months handed earlier than Yehia’s dad and mom have been capable of make contact with the hospital caring for him in Rafah, and examine he was okay. That they had stayed behind in Jabalia, fearing they’d discover nowhere to remain in Rafah.
“After three months, I noticed his picture on the cell phone. I wish to maintain him. I wish to breastfeed him. Each day, my chest hurts. I can’t cope with this,” she mentioned.
Yehia is being cared for by the nurses and medical workers of the al-Emirati hospital in Rafah.
Amal Abu Khatla, a nurse on the hospital, mentioned Yehia’s situation had been tough when he first arrived from northern Gaza.
“After one week, thank God, his well being improved, however we misplaced contact along with his dad and mom, to the purpose the place we thought that the dad and mom had been martyred (killed),” she mentioned.
She mentioned he had turn out to be “the son of the neonatal unit,” with everybody taking it upon themselves to deal with him: “He’s very doted on, and we pay a variety of consideration to him.”
In Jabalia, Yehia’s father Zakaria yearns to be reunited with him. “My solely want in life is to carry my son and for God to reunite us with our son,” he mentioned.
Caught within the north, his dad and mom haven’t seen him since then.
His mom Sondos and father Zakaria scrolled via images of Yehia, now five-months-old, on a cell phone at their residence in Jabalia in northern Gaza, severed from the south by Israeli army checkpoints.
Sondos mentioned it was too harmful to make the 30-km (20-mile) journey from Jabalia to Rafah.
“There are tanks and bulldozers. My husband and I can’t go,” she mentioned. “They might kill us. I’m afraid my son would find yourself residing alone.”
Yehia was born on Nov. 27, seven weeks into the battle that was triggered when fighters from the Palestinian militant group Hamas stormed Israel in an assault that killed 1,200 individuals, in line with Israeli tallies.
Greater than 34,000 individuals have been killed within the Gaza Strip throughout Israel’s offensive, which has laid waste to a lot of the territory, in line with well being authorities within the enclave.
With communications down, three months handed earlier than Yehia’s dad and mom have been capable of make contact with the hospital caring for him in Rafah, and examine he was okay. That they had stayed behind in Jabalia, fearing they’d discover nowhere to remain in Rafah.
“After three months, I noticed his picture on the cell phone. I wish to maintain him. I wish to breastfeed him. Each day, my chest hurts. I can’t cope with this,” she mentioned.
Yehia is being cared for by the nurses and medical workers of the al-Emirati hospital in Rafah.
Amal Abu Khatla, a nurse on the hospital, mentioned Yehia’s situation had been tough when he first arrived from northern Gaza.
“After one week, thank God, his well being improved, however we misplaced contact along with his dad and mom, to the purpose the place we thought that the dad and mom had been martyred (killed),” she mentioned.
She mentioned he had turn out to be “the son of the neonatal unit,” with everybody taking it upon themselves to deal with him: “He’s very doted on, and we pay a variety of consideration to him.”
In Jabalia, Yehia’s father Zakaria yearns to be reunited with him. “My solely want in life is to carry my son and for God to reunite us with our son,” he mentioned.
