"An Israeli sniper shot my six-year-old sister at a family friend's wedding in northern Gaza during the ceasefire on November 3. In the Daraj quarter, far from the Israel-controlled yellow area, Sundus was playing on the first floor of a wedding hall with other kids, happy with her new clothes, while the wedding itself was taking place upstairs. Suddenly, she collapsed."
"Her phone rang, We are in the Baptist Hospital [al-Ahli Arab Hospital]. Come quickly, her brother Ali said. An Israeli sniper shot the child Sundus Hillis in the head, the news circulated as we were on the way to the hospital. We knew nothing about our little one. When we arrived, Sundus was lying in a hospital bed. Blood covered her beautiful face, staining the makeup and the colourful clothes she had been overjoyed to wear."
"Two bullets in her head, a nurse inspecting Sundus's injury told Mum. Two holes, one bullet, and some parts of the brain lost, the medical report showed. Sundus was moved to Al-Shifa Hospital. Before she entered the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), the neurosurgeon tapped her right hand she unconsciously moved it. But when he tapped her left hand and leg, nothing moved. Sundus underwent a three-hour-long surgery and remained in the ICU. We were permitted to visit for only 15 minutes."
Sundus Hillis, age six, was shot in the head by a sniper while playing on the first floor of a wedding hall in the Daraj quarter of Gaza City during a ceasefire. Guests upstairs were also hit, including a bridesmaid and a groom's cousin, and the wedding halted when blood stained the bride's dress. Sundus collapsed and was taken first to al-Ahli Arab Hospital and then to Al-Shifa Hospital. Medical staff found two bullets' damage to her skull and parts of her brain lost. She underwent a three-hour surgery, remained in intensive care, had limited family visitation, and showed movement only on her right side.
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