17 children from Gaza arrive in Italy for medical treatment
A group of 17 children from Gaza, accompanied by 50 family members, arrived in Italy for medical treatment.
Among the group is Dr. Alaa Al-Najjar and her son Adam Hamdi Al-Najjar, who lost his father and nine siblings in an Israeli airstrike which targeted their home in the southern city of Khan Yunis last month.
Adam al-Najjar, who suffered multiple fractures, arrived with his mother at Milan's Linate Airport, where he was received by Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani before being transferred to the city's Niguarda Hospital.
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