Child Amputees from Gaza and Lebanon Find Friendship After Israeli Airstrikes Left Them Orphaned

Oct 09, 2025 03:58 pm CST

Two young amputee survivors of Israeli airstrikes - 6-year-old Omar from Gaza and 2-year-old Ali from Lebanon - have formed an unlikely friendship in Beirut after both lost their families and limbs. Now living together through the Ghassan Abu Sittah Children's Fund, they represent just two of the over 21,000 Palestinian children disabled by ongoing military operations in the region.