Child Survivor of Gaza Family Strike Heads to Italy
- An 11-year-old Palestinian boy named Adam, severely injured in a May 23 Israeli air strike in Khan Yunis, was due to arrive in Milan, Italy, on Wednesday for medical treatment.
- The air strike killed Adam's father and nine siblings, leaving him with severe burns, a hand amputation, and multiple fractures, prompting the humanitarian medical transfer.
- Adam was traveling with his mother, paediatrician Alaa al-Najjar, aunt, and four cousins aboard a flight scheduled to land at Milan's Linate airport at 7:30 pm.
- Italy's Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani confirmed around 80 Palestinians, including 17 injured individuals, are arriving for care at hospitals in Milan, Bergamo, and Rome.
- This medical evacuation reflects ongoing international efforts to aid Gaza's war victims amid conflict causing tens of thousands of civilian casualties since October 2023.
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Italy picks up wounded children from Gaza, including eleven-year-old Adam, who is the only one of ten siblings to survive an Israeli rocket attack.
22 wounded children leave Gaza for treatment abroad
The wounded Palestinian children, including 11-year-old Adam al-Najja, will receive medical treatment in Italy and Jordan. 'I'm trying to think only of Adam – the thought of what I've lost is breaking me,' his mother says
Palestinian children wounded in Israeli attacks arrive in Italy
A note released by the Italian Foreign Ministry indicates that one of the three C-130 aircraft used in this operation landed yesterday at Linate military airport in the northern province of Milan with six minors and 19 family members on board, who were received by Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani. Among them was Adam, the only one of 10 siblings to survive an Israeli bombing of civilians on May 23, who arrived in Italy accompanied by his mother, …
Shortly after 11 a.m. on Wednesday, the flight that carried little Adam was landed at the military section of Milan's Linate airport, the only 11-year-old child who survived the Israeli bombing that killed his father and his nine brothers and his mother Alaa al-Najjar. The aircraft had left the Israeli port of call of Eilat with six minors on board who need medical care and 19 escorts. Adam will be treated at the Niguarda in Milan, while the oth…
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