(8 May 2025)
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Khan Younis, Southern Gaza Strip – 4 May 2025
1. Various of Iman Abu Shabab, Hamza’s mother, waving a piece of cardboard to cool her child’s burned body
2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Iman Abu Shabab, Hamza’s mother:
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"Because of the lack of antibiotics, his wound became infected. Yesterday, when he went in for surgery while under anaesthesia, they found that the wound was infected. If there hadn’t been a blockade, or if he had been in another country, he would have recovered from the injury long ago."
3. Various of 7-year-old Hamza Abu Shabab sitting on a bed with his burned body covered in bandages
4. Doctor changing bandages on baby’s wound
5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Dr Ahmed Abu Wardeh, medical coordinator at MSF:
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"We are suffering from a shortage of anaesthetics, painkillers and antibiotics, and all of these medications are very important for burn patients, so that we can deal with them. In addition, the burn patient needs a high amount of calories per day, meaning he needs excellent nutrition in order to overcome this injury that he was exposed to."
6. Layan Sahloul, who lost her family and was burned in an Israeli airstrike, sitting on the floor next to her aunt and family
7. Sahloul sitting on the floor playing with her toys
8. Various of Amna Kawar’a suffering from burns and lying in bed
9. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Amna Kawar’a, 35, suffering from burns caused by Israeli airstrike:
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"There are burns on my legs and hands, and they put platinum on me. There is a lot of pain, and there is no food or treatment here. Treatment is not available, and there is no food or cleanliness, and no safety. Even the hospitals in the Strip are not safe. Nothing is safe in Gaza."
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Khan Younis, Southern Gaza Strip – 5 May 2025
10. Various of 10-year-old Mira al-Khazandar, suffering of burns from Israeli airstrike near her tent, sitting inside her family’s tent, her body bandaged
STORYLINE:
Hamza Abu Shabab cringed in pain as his mother pulled off his shirt and eased his bandaged head back onto his pillow so she could apply ointment to his small, burned body.
The 7-year-old suffered third degree burns across his head, neck and shoulders when, frightened by an Israeli airstrike, he spilled a hot plate of rice and lentils onto himself in his family’s tent in southern Gaza last month.
His recovery has been slowed by Israel’s blockade, now in its third month, that bars all medicine, food, fuel and other goods from entering Gaza.
His burns have gotten infected – the boy’s immune system is weakened by poor nutrition and supplies of antibiotics are limited, said his mother, Iman Abu Shabab.
“Had there not been a siege or it was a different country, he would have been treated and cured of his wounds,” she said at her son’s bedside in Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis.
Israel’s blockade, imposed since March 2, has forced hospitals and clinics across Gaza to stretch limited stocks of medicines even as needs increase.
For burn patients, the lack of supplies is particularly excruciating.
Burns are painful and susceptible to infection, but hospitals, including Nasser are short on painkillers, anaesthetics, dressings and hygiene materials.
His mother said Hamza has undergone nine surgeries, including four on his face.
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