With Pats Kokomo:
GAZA WAR STILL CLAIMING VICTIMS
Mohammed Siam, who died today aged 14, was an inspiring boy who seemed to have overcome the terrible injuries he suffered in Gaza during Israel's offensive.
In August he was visited by journalist Allison Deger in E. Jerusalem hospital, and was described thus:
"The first day I visited the hospital Mohammed cried for hours. His right leg is gone from the air strike, an arm broken, shrapnel is still lodged inside of his torso, but most noticeably he is rail thin. His grandfather who crossed from Gaza with him said he was always slender, but Mohammed hasn’t been eating. And when he does, he vomits. He can’t sit up, because his back is in crushing pain."
The news about his death today has come as a terrible shock, as after transfer to hospital in Turkey he seemed to be on the mend, adjusting to his new prosthesis leg he had gotten at the beginning of November.
His death reminds us of the tens of thousands of people injured in the war, among which are about a thousand children injured for life.
Below is an PNN news article announcing the passing of this child who would have deserved so much more:
PNN/ #Gaza
Mohammed Siam, 14 years old, from Gaza lost his leg in an israeli bombardment during the latest aggression on Gaza last July.
After he lost 12 members of his family, and both of his legs, Mohammad was moved to #Jerusalem to receive treatment there.
Later he was moved to #Turkey where he obtained artificial legs and finally improved his health.
On Tuesday, Mohammed needed a respiratory tract and lung operation, where he was announced dead.
Israeli offensive on Gaza last July and August killed about 2,200 Palestinians, about 500 of which were children.
More than 11,000 Palestinians were injured. Some neighborhoods were completely flattened, and about 30,000 houses were demolished.
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