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Al Jazeera
12-06-2025
- Health
- Al Jazeera
Boy who lost nine siblings to Israeli strike arrives in Italy for treatment
An 11-year-old Palestinian boy who was severely wounded in an Israeli air strike which killed his father and his nine siblings has arrived in Italy for medical treatment. Adam al-Najjar arrived with his mother at Milan's Linate airport on Wednesday, where he was greeted by Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, who gave him a football. He was then transferred to the city's Niguarda Hospital for treatment of his injuries. Adam is the only one of 10 children in his family to survive an Israeli strike on their home in the city of Khan Younis, southern Gaza, on May 23. His siblings ranged in age from seven months to 12 years old. Adam's father, doctor Hamdi al-Najjar, also died of his injuries in the days following the attack. His mother, paediatrician Alaa al-Najjar, had been working at the time of the strike at Nasser Hospital, one of the few still operating in southern Gaza. Adam sustained serious burns to his body in the strike, the AFP news agency reported. His mother, who travelled to Milan for her son's treatment along with Adam's aunt and cousins, said her son was stable but would be treated for injuries, including multiple fractures to his arm. He 'has a head wound that is healing but his left arm is bad, the bones are fractured and the nerves damaged,' the 36-year-old told Italian newspaper La Repubblica. She said she focused on his recovery so as not to think of the horrors of the loss of her family. 'I remember everything. Every detail, every minute, every scream,' she told the newspaper. 'But when I remember, it's too painful, so I try to keep my mind focused entirely on Adam.' Adam's medical evacuation followed an appeal by his uncle in the media, which led Tajani to announce that Italy was prepared to help. Sixteen other Palestinian children, along with more than 50 family members, were also flown to Italy on Wednesday on military aircraft that set off from Israel's Eilat airport, the Italian foreign ministry said, according to Reuters. The injured children will be treated in hospitals in cities including Rome, Florence and Bologna. The Italian government has brought 150 injured Palestinians into the country for medical treatment to date, the foreign ministry said. Italy has been a vocal supporter of Israel since it launched its assault on Gaza in October 2023, although in recent months, officials have criticised the severity of Israel's response and expressed concern over the mounting death toll. According to the United Nations' child rights agency, UNICEF, more than 50,000 children have reportedly been killed or injured in the Israeli assault.
RNZ News
11-06-2025
- Health
- RNZ News
Palestinian boy who lost nine siblings arrives in Italy for treatment
Adam Al-Najjar was being treated at Nasser Hsopital in southern Gaza until his transfer to Italy. Photo: AFP / Eyad Baba A group of 17 Palestinian children, including an 11-year-old boy who lost nine siblings in an Israel strike in Gaza last month , arrived in Italy on Wednesday (local time) for hospital treatment, accompanied by more than 50 family members. Adam Al-Najjar, who has multiple fractures, arrived with his mother at Milan's Linate airport where he was welcomed by Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, before being transferred to the city's Niguarda Hospital. The plane that landed at Linate carried five other injured Palestinian minors, while 11 more arrived on flights to other Italian airports. The 23 May attack left Adam in a serious condition at Nasser Hospital, one of the few operational medical facilities in southern Gaza. Adam "is stable, has a head wound that is healing but his left arm is bad, the bones are fractured and the nerves damaged", his 36-year-old mother, Alaa al-Najjar, a paediatrician, told Italian newspaper La Repubblica. Adam's father, Hamdi al-Najjar, who was also a doctor, died a week after the attack. "The damage is in my left hand, there is a problem with the nerves, I can't feel my fingers. There's still a lot of pain," Adam told Turkish news agency Anadolu. A total of 70 Palestinians were set to arrive in Italy on three military aircraft that set off from Israel's Eilat airport, the Italian foreign ministry said earlier on Wednesday. The patients will be treated at hospitals in numerous cities including Milan, Rome, Florence and Bologna. According to the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) website, more than 15,000 children have reportedly been killed and more than 34,000 injured in almost two years of war in Gaza. Including the latest operation, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's government has so far brought 150 injured Palestinians from Gaza to Italy for treatment, the foreign ministry said. The Italian government has been a staunch supporter of Israel since the 7 October, 2023 attack by Hamas-led militants that killed some 1200 people and took about 250 hostages to Gaza, according to Israeli figures. In recent months, Rome has criticised the extent of the Israeli response, and expressed concern as the death toll in Gaza has mounted, while declining to apply sanctions. Italy was not among numerous European Union countries that called last month for a review of EU-Israeli economic and trade relations. _Reuters
Arab News
11-06-2025
- Arab News
Child survivor of Gaza family strike heads to Italy
Rome - ITARome, June 11, 2025 (AFP) - - An 11-year-old Palestinian boy who survived an Israeli air strike in Gaza last month, which killed his father and nine siblings, was due to arrive in Italy Wednesday for and his mother, paediatrician Alaa al-Najjar, were due to fly to Milan in northern Italy on Wednesday evening alongside his aunt and four cousins, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said."Adam will arrive in Milan and will be admitted to the Niguarda (hospital), because he has multiple fractures and he will be treated there," Tajani told Rtl radio.A plane carrying Palestinians in need of medical care is scheduled to land at 7:30 pm (1730 GMT) at Milan's Linate airport, according to the foreign had a hand amputated and suffered severe burns across his body following the strike on the family house in the city of Khan Yunis on May mother was at work when the bomb hit the house, killing nine of her children and injuring Adam and his father, doctor Hamdi al-Najjar, who died last who ran to the house to find her children charred beyond recognition, told Italy's La Repubblica daily: "I remember everything. Every detail, every minute, every scream.""But when I remember it's too painful, so I try to keep my mind focused entirely on Adam," she said in an interview published Wednesday ahead of their by his mother during the interview to describe his hopes, Adam said he wanted to "live in a beautiful place"."A beautiful place is a place where there are no bombs. In a beautiful place the houses are not broken and I go to school," he said, according to La Repubblica."Schools have desks, the kids study their lessons but then they go play in the courtyard and nobody dies."A beautiful place is where they operate on my arm and my arm works again. In a beautiful place my mother is not sad. They told me that Italy is a beautiful place," he said she has packed the Koran, their documents and Adam's clothes."I am heartbroken. I am leaving behind everything that was important to me. My husband, my children, the hospital where I worked, my job, my patients," she said."People are dying of hunger. If not of hunger, of bombs. We would just like to live in peace," she told the is one of 17 children being brought to Italy on Wednesday from Gaza along with relatives, Tajani October 7, 2023, Hamas attack that triggered the war resulted in the deaths of 1,219 people on the Israeli side, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally of official health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza says at least 54,981 people, the majority civilians, have been killed in the territory since the start of the war. The UN considers these figures GROUP
Al Arabiya
11-06-2025
- General
- Al Arabiya
Gaza child survivor of Israeli strike heads to Italy
A 10-year-old Palestinian boy who survived an Israeli airstrike in Gaza last month which killed his father and nine siblings was due to arrive in Italy Wednesday for treatment. Adam and his mother, pediatrician Alaa al-Najjar, were due to fly to Milan in northern Italy on Wednesday evening alongside his aunt and four cousins, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said. 'Adam will arrive in Milan and will be admitted to the Niguarda (hospital), because he has multiple fractures and he will be treated there,' Tajani told Rtl radio. A plane carrying Palestinians in need of medical care is scheduled to land at 7:30 pm (1730 GMT) at Milan's Linate airport, according to the foreign ministry. Adam had a hand amputated and suffered severe burns across his body following the strike on the family house in the city of Khan Younis on May 23. His mother was at work when the bomb hit the house, killing nine of her children and injuring Adam and his father, doctor Hamdi al-Najjar, who died last week. Al-Najjar, who ran to the house to find her children charred beyond recognition, told Italy's Repubblica daily: 'I remember everything. Every detail, every minute, every scream.' 'But when I remember it's too painful, so I try to keep my mind focused entirely on Adam,' she said in an interview published Wednesday ahead of their arrival. Asked by his mother during the interview to describe his hopes, Adam said he wanted to 'live in a beautiful place.' 'A beautiful place is a place where there are no bombs. In a beautiful place the houses are not broken and I go to school,' he said, according to La Repubblica. 'Schools have desks, the kids study their lessons but then they go play in the courtyard and nobody dies. 'A beautiful place is where they operate on my arm and my arm works again. In a beautiful place my mother is not sad. They told me that Italy is a beautiful place.' Al-Najjar said she has packed the Quran, their documents and Adam's clothes. 'I am heartbroken. I am leaving behind everything that was important to me. My husband, my children, the hospital where I worked, my job, my patients,' she said. 'People are dying of hunger. If not of hunger, of bombs. We would just like to live in peace,' she told the daily. The October 7, 2023 Hamas attack that triggered the war resulted in the deaths of 1,219 people on the Israeli side, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally of official figures. The health ministry in Gaza says at least 54,981 people, the majority civilians, have been killed in the territory since the start of the war. The UN considers these figures reliable.
Gulf Today
02-06-2025
- Health
- Gulf Today
Gaza doctor who lost 9 children in Israeli bombing dies of injuries
Gaza doctor who lost nine of his children in an Israeli airstrike has died from wounds sustained in the same attack, a foreign news agency reports, citing local health officials. His death leaves his 11-year-old son as the sole survivor of the attack. Dr Hamdi Al Najjar was critically injured when Israeli forces bombed his home on May 24 in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis. His wife and pediatrician Alaa Al Najjar was devastated to receive the charred bodies of her nine children at the Nasser Medical Complex while she was on duty. Her only surviving child, Adam, and her husband, Dr Hamdi, were both injured. Dozens of Palestinians marched on Sunday at the funeral of a Dr Hamdi Al Najjar. Mourners attend the funeral of Hamdi Al Najjar in Khan Younis on Sunday. Reuters The Israeli military has confirmed it conducted an air strike on Khan Younis that day. Israel's campaign has devastated much of Gaza, killing more than 54,000 Palestinians and destroying most buildings. Much of the population now lives in shelters in makeshift camps.
