"Fatma Salman shows a photo of her daughter Mariam from her time in hospital in Gaza. Photograph: Hamada Elrasam/The Guardian The missile narrowly missed the sleeping children but as the terrified nine-year-old ran to her parents, a second one hit. I saw her coming towards me but suddenly there was another explosion and she vanished into the smoke, says her mother, Fatma Salman."
"As the parents searched desperately for their children, they found Mariam lying unconscious in a pool of blood; her left arm was ripped off, shards of shrapnel had pierced through her small body, and she was bleeding heavily from her abdomen. As well as losing her arm, the blast left Mariam with severe abdominal and pelvic injuries from shrapnel tearing through her bladder, uterus, and bowel."
"Mariam is one of tens of thousands of people in Gaza who have been injured and disfigured by Israeli military attacks over the past 23 months, which have also killed more than 64,000, mainly women and children. Repeated military strikes and attacks on Gaza's hospitals and Israel's blockade of basic goods and supplies into the territory have left the health sector devastated and doctors without the means to treat the sick, injured, and famished."
Mariam Sabbah, a nine-year-old from Deir al-Balah, suffered catastrophic injuries when missiles struck her home, including a high left-arm amputation and severe abdominal and pelvic shrapnel wounds. She lost part of her limb and sustained damage to her bladder, uterus, and bowel, requiring specialised paediatric reconstructive surgery, limb-lengthening and a specialist prosthesis to improve long-term function. Repeated military strikes, attacks on hospitals, and an Israeli blockade have devastated Gaza's health sector and depleted medical supplies. Tens of thousands have been injured or disfigured and more than 64,000 killed, mainly women and children. Since October 2023, 7,672 patients, including 5,332 children, have been medically evacuated for urgent treatment abroad.
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