A British surgeon who operated on the only child to survive an Israeli strike on the home of Dr Alaa al-Najjar has said that the boy, Adam, could have long-term challenges, even if he is able to overcome his physical injuries.
Nine out of al-Najjar’s 10 children were killed in the Israeli strike, and the family has been prevented from recovering the bodies of two from the rubble for burial.
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“Poor little Adam and his mother, and his father, if he survives, had an unimaginable tragedy. And even if his physical injuries recover, we don’t know the extent of his traumatic brain injury, and we certainly don’t know the lasting mental health effects,” Dr Graeme Groom, who is working at Nasser Hospital in Gaza, told Al Jazeera.
“I think the population here in Palestine is extraordinarily resilient. But they don’t want to be known as resilient. They want the bombs to stop.”
