Palestinian children wounded in Gaza strikes receive medical treatment in Lebanon
Beirut: A group of Palestinian children injured in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza have been transferred to Lebanon for specialized medical care, according to health officials and aid agencies, as reported by Reuters.
Six-year-old Omar Abu Kuwaik lost his hand and suffered severe burns and leg injuries in a December 2023 airstrike. Omar arrived in Beirut earlier this month through an evacuation facilitated by the World Health Organization (WHO). The strike on his grandparents’ home killed his parents, sister and other relatives, making him the sole survivor. Doctors in Lebanon are evaluating him for reconstructive surgery and a prosthetic hand.
14-year-old Amir Hajjaj, sustained shrapnel injuries to his shoulders and legs. He also lost his fingers when his family home in northern Gaza was struck in 2023. He is currently undergoing rehabilitation in Beirut.
In a separate case, Aya Abdallah aged 7, lost her right leg in an airstrike. Her sister Mays aged 5, suffered fractures and nerve damage. Both girls are receiving treatment in Lebanon. Aya is expected to be fitted with a prosthetic limb and Mays will continue physiotherapy.
According to UNICEF records around 45,000 children have been wounded in Gaza since October 2023. Many sustained permanent disabilities, while more than 18,000 children have been killed.
Due to Gaza’s overwhelmed hospitals and restricted exit routes, medical authorities in Beirut have noted that only a limited number of wounded children have been evacuated
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Man sets fire to gas cylinder on truck in Kerala's Kottayam, held
Kottayam(Kerala) (PTI): A 33-year-old man climbed onto a parked truck carrying cooking gas cylinders and set fire to one of them near Thalayolaparambu in the small hours of Saturday, police said.
The incident occurred around 12.30 am, they said.
The fire and rescue personnel soon arrived at the scene and extinguished the fire, averting a major disaster.
According to police, the man is suspected to be under mental distress as he claimed that he was walking from Ernakulam to his home in Marangattupilly here when he saw the truck on the roadside.
An FIR under sections 329(3)(criminal trespass),324(2)(mischief),326(f)(mischief by injury, inundation, fire or explosive substance) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita was lodged against him.
Police said that the man was formally arrested, but will be released on station bail as the offences he is accused of are bailable.
"His family is here at the station and he will be released to them," the officer said.
In the FIR, police have said that the man opened the seal of one of the gas cylinders and set fire to it with the knowledge that his act was dangerous to those living in the area.
According to the company transporting the cooking gas cylinders, it suffered a loss of Rs 2,300 in the incident.
