Boy whose father and nine siblings were killed in Israeli strike goes to Italy for treatment

An 11-year-old Palestinian lad who survived an Israeli aerial onslaught successful Gaza past month, which killed his begetter and 9 siblings, is being evacuated to Italy for treatment.

Adam al-Najjar and his mother, Dr Alaa al-Najjar, were scheduled to alert to Milan successful bluish Italy connected Wednesday evening, Italy's overseas ministry said.

Alaa's husband, Dr Hamdi al-Najjar, and 9 of their children were killed aft their location successful the confederate metropolis of Khan Younis was struck connected 23 May.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said astatine the clip the incidental was being reviewed. The BBC has contacted the IDF for an updated comment.

Footage posted online by Palestinian journalists Mohammad Salama and Hala Asfour connected Wednesday showed the lad and his parent getting into a Red Crescent ambulance and waving goodbye arsenic they made their mode retired of Gaza.

In an interrogation with Italian paper la Repubblica published up of their evacuation, Alaa said Adam's information was unchangeable but "his near limb is successful atrocious shape, the bones are fractured and the nerves are damaged".

The parent and son, on with 17 different injured Palestinians, positive their relatives, were acceptable to transverse the borderline to the Israeli metropolis of Eilat connected Wednesday, wherever they would past beryllium flown to assorted cities successful Italy connected chartered flights by the Italian Air Force, the country's overseas ministry said successful a statement.

The formation carrying Adam was owed to onshore astatine Milan's Linate airport, the connection said.

Including Wednesday's mission, 150 Palestinian patients person been evacuated from Gaza to Italy for aesculapian treatment, arsenic good arsenic much than 450 accompanying household members, the overseas ministry added.

Alaa's husband, Hamdi, had conscionable returned from dropping his woman astatine Nasser Hospital wherever they some worked when the deadly onslaught connected their location took spot successful May.

Hamdi was taken to infirmary with encephalon and interior injuries but died days later.

Adam was severely injured but survived the attack.

A British surgeon who treated him said Adam's "left limb was conscionable astir hanging off, helium was covered successful fragment injuries and helium had respective important lacerations" erstwhile helium arrived astatine the hospital.

At the time, the IDF said successful effect to reports of the onslaught that "an craft struck respective suspects identified by IDF forces arsenic operating successful a gathering adjacent troops successful the Khan Younis area, a unsafe combat portion that had been evacuated of civilians successful beforehand for their protection. The assertion of harm to uninvolved individuals is being reviewed."

Israel launched a subject run successful Gaza successful effect to Hamas's cross-border onslaught connected 7 October 2023, successful which astir 1,200 radical were killed and 251 others were taken hostage.

At slightest 54,981 radical person been killed successful Gaza during the war, according to the territory's Hamas-run wellness ministry.