(7 Aug 2025)
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San Francisco – 6 August 2025
1. People cheering as children and their families come through customs
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Mohammad Subeh, Volunteer Physician, Heal Palestine: ++SOUNDBITE IS OVERLAID BY SHOT 3-4 AND PARTIALLY BY SHOT5++
"So the three children, Layan, Anas and Ghazal, we’ve been working on their cases for over a year now to try to get them definitive care here in the U.S. for their various injuries. One of them has severe burns, the others have complex traumatic injuries or orthopedic injuries."
3. Six-year-old Ghazal on wheelchair coming through customs
4. Fourteen-year-old Layan, who suffered severe burns and shrapnel wounds when her school was bombed, holds her younger sister in her lap
5. Various supporters hold welcome sings at airport awaiting injured arrival of Palestinian children
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Mohammad Subeh, Volunteer Physician, Heal Palestine ++SOUNDBITE STARTS ON PREVIOUS SHOT++
"Hopefully this allows them to get a fresh start on some element of normalcy of a childhood. Our goal really is to provide them with the best care we can to give them the best opportunity at healing."
7. Six-year-old Ghazal, injured by an explosion, smiles and holds balloons
8. Subeh sits with eight-year-old Anas, who arrived a day earlier, and suffered leg injuries in a bombing that claimed his father’s life
9. Layan holds a soccer ball she received as a gift upon arrival
10. Subeh talks and laughs with Anas
11. People cheering
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Mohammad Subeh, Volunteer Physician, Heal Palestine:++SOUNDBITE IS OVERLAID BY SHOT7-11++
"They were my ray of hope on a daily basis. Like when I was feeling down after treating, trying to resuscitate 10, 15 children who just died in front of me, they were the ones who would come to me and try to, you know, give me pep talks. Which is really odd to say, but that was the reality for all of us healthcare workers that came in from the outside. And so, they’ve been my crutch to kind of keep me up and keep me focused on what matters most."
STORYLINE:
Two injured Palestinian children arrived in San Francisco from Gaza to begin life-saving medical treatment in the Bay Area.
It’s part of a historic humanitarian effort led by a U.S.-based nonprofit.
Fourteen-year-old Layan and six-year-old Ghazal were evacuated from the conflict zone in Gaza to receive life-saving medical care in the United States.
Layan suffered severe burns and shrapnel wounds when her school was bombed. She’s traveling with her mother and younger sister.
Ghazal was injured by an explosion while her family was displaced in Rafah. Her mother and siblings are by her side.
The effort is led by HEAL Palestine, a nonprofit working to connect wounded children from Gaza with hospitals and medical teams across the U.S.
A third child, eight-year-old Anas, arrived a day earlier and is also being treated in the Bay Area.
He suffered severe leg injuries in a bombing that claimed his father’s life.
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