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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sarah El Deeb

A boy in Gaza with brain damage fights for his life amid blockade

Mideast Wars Gaza Children - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

It’s as if the whole weight of Israel’s war in Gaza has fallen on Amr al-Hams. The 3-year-old has shrapnel in his brain from an Israeli strike on his family's tent. His pregnant mother was killed. His father is paralyzed by grief over the death of his longtime sweetheart.

Now the boy is lying in a hospital bed, unable to speak, unable to move, losing weight, while doctors don’t have the supplies to treat his brain damage or help in his rehabilitation after a weekslong blockade and constant bombardment.

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