"Abdullah, 10, barely lifts his gaze from his tablet as he plays his favourite video game, where he creates a virtual universe that lets him be anything he imagines. The beeping of the chemotherapy infusion pump delivering drugs into his veins briefly brings his attention back, and he fumbles for the charger of the plug-in device before resuming his game."
"The cancer that consumes Abdullah also tore their family apart. While Abdullah, his mother Iman and one-year-old Qamar were granted seats on a medical evacuation flight that took them to Italy, the rest of the family Ahmad and the other two children, Mohammad and Mahmoud stayed behind in Gaza, which Israel continues to bomb despite a ceasefire agreement being in place."
Abdullah is a 10-year-old leukemia patient evacuated from Gaza to Padova, Italy on May 14 to receive life-saving treatment. He occupies time with video games while receiving chemotherapy infusions and shows visible signs of illness. The family lived in Deir el-Balah, where Abdullah was previously sociable and active with other children. Abdullah, his mother Iman and one-year-old Qamar travelled on a medical evacuation flight, while his father Ahmad and two brothers, Mohammad and Mahmoud remained in Gaza amid ongoing bombardment. In early November, a team of doctors in Gaza took blood samples from Abdullah's siblings for donor compatibility testing.
Read at www.aljazeera.com
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