Italy offers to treat boy who survived Israeli military strike

30/5/2025 6:27

Italy's government on Thursday

offered to treat a Palestinian child who survived an Israeli

military strike in Gaza in which nine of his siblings died,

heeding an appeal from the boy's uncle.



"The Italian Government has expressed its willingness to

transfer the seriously injured boy to Italy," the foreign

ministry said in a statement, adding that it was studying the

feasibility of the operation.



The boy, Adam Al-Najjar, is in serious condition in Nasser

Hospital, one of the few medical facilities still operating in

southern Gaza, following the May 25 strike on his home in which

he lost his siblings.



His parents are both doctors. His father, Hamdi Al-Najjar,

was at home with the children and was also seriously hurt. He is

being treated in the same hospital as his son, and where his

wife Alaa works.



Adam's uncle, Ali Al-Najjar, told Italy's la Repubblica

newspaper that the 11-year-old boy has burns on his body, head

injuries, a broken left hand and is not able to walk, and that

the Nasser Hospital is ill-equipped to treat him.



"He needs to be taken away immediately, to a real hospital,

outside of the Gaza Strip. I beg the Italian government to do

something, take him, Italians save him," he said.