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International Business Times
International Business Times
Business
Callum Paton and Ali Choukeir

Shadow Of War Looms Over Gaza Amputees In Qatar

Maryam Ahmed, six, is among some 300 child amputees from Gaza who are receiving therapy at the Thumama complex in Qatar, 2022 World Cup accommodation now being used to house Gaza war evacuees and their carers (Credit: AFP)

Wheeling herself around Doha's Thumama complex for medical evacuees from Gaza, Maryam Ahmed wears a look of determination, breaking into a smile when she sees someone she knows.

The six-year-old was evacuated to Qatar from Gaza in February after her home was hit by an Israeli strike which killed her mother, father and brother, and took her right leg.

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