The 11-year-old Palestinian girl Rahaf Salman and her 13-year-old brother who were both injured in the recent Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip left the territory on Wednesday for treatment in Türkiye.
The Palestinian family left the Gaza Strip via the Rafah crossing into Egypt where they will board a plane from Cairo International Airport to Türkiye.
On Aug. 6 Rahaf and Mohammed were injured by shrapnel from an Israeli missile that struck the town of Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip. Rahaf’s feet and right hand had to be amputated.
She also suffered an abdominal injury broken collarbone and dislocated shoulder.
Her brother was injured by shrapnel in the pelvis and chest. He also had a broken knee and suffered a hand injury his mother said.
On Aug. 9 the Palestinian resistance group Hamas announced that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan agreed to provide medical treatment for Rahaf in Türkiye.
