Palestinian girl who lost arm in Israeli attack arrives in UK for treatment after US visa snub

The Independent reported on the arrival in London of Mariam Sabbah, 10, with her mother and two brothers. The article recounts how Mariam was trapped when part of her home in Deir al-Balah collapsed under shelling, how surgeons at Al-Aqsa Hospital reattached her arm, and how infection later forced an amputation.

It sets her story against UN figures on the number of patients still waiting for evacuation from Gaza and on child amputees, and includes statements from the UK government and from Project Pure Hope's co-founder about the private evacuation pathway to the UK.

FAJR's part in this

The article credits FAJR Global with evacuating Mariam from Gaza to Egypt and working to secure her reconstructive and rehabilitative care. It notes that she still needs limb lengthening, a custom prosthesis and further reconstructive surgery. When a US visa was refused, Project Pure Hope arranged privately funded specialist care in the UK.