Nine-year-old Mahmoud Ajjour recalls the bomb’s detonation, which happened in March 2024, at his home in Doha, Qatar, where he has been receiving treatment.
Ajjour, who is originally from the old town of Gaza City, claimed at first that he had no idea he was hurt.
“I believed I had fallen entirely,” he said. But I was exhausted, and I was left wondering what had happened, he told Al Jazeera.
In reality, he said, “one arm flew off, and one flew and fell right beside me.”
Ajjour claimed he looked around and saw his arms, unaware that he had sustained serious injuries that had mutilated his entire body. His brain was still processing the fact that they had been blown off, despite how familiar they appeared.
Ajjour recalls that “my mother then informed me that I lost my arms.” I began crying. My mental state and I were very depressed.
Due to a severe lack of medical supplies, he and many others in Gaza had to undergo surgery without anaesthetics, which further deteriorated his mental health. Israeli forces have largely blocked entry to desperately needed medical supplies, food, and other aid, including fuel, throughout the war, largely keeping crucial border crossings closed.
Ajjour said, “They performed surgery on me while I was awake,” and his voice is still sapping.
“I was screaming loudly because I couldn’t bear the pain.” The hallways were filled with my voice.
Everything is challenging, according to the saying.
One of the tens of thousands of Gaza children is injured constantly and arbitrarily by Israeli bombardment.
Since Israel began its ongoing genocide in Gaza on October 7, 2023, more than 10 children have lost one or both of their legs, according to the UN Children’s Fund.
More than 1, 000 children, that is.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stated in December that Gaza currently has the highest per capita rate of children amputees in the world, with many losing limbs and having surgeries performed without even anesthesia.
Ajjour still requires special assistance for the majority of his daily tasks, despite the fact that he is now learning to write, play games on his phone, and dress himself using his feet.
He now longs for those days when his arms were still present.
Ajjour claimed that he once used to go to the market to buy his mother food and vegetables before the attack.
He said, “I try my best, but now everything is challenging, including taking my own food and using the restroom.” I take care of this way of living. I get things to work.
Ajjour has dreams about returning to Gaza in the hopes of helping to rebuild the devastated enclave.
He envisions a “wonderful end to the war on Gaza” in the world.
On our land, we want to live. He said, “We don’t want the Israelis to take it.”
In Gaza, “people are dying there.” And I was killed inside my home. How could I possibly exist in this manner?”
More than 51, 000 Palestinians have been killed and at least 116, 505 others have been injured as a result of Israel’s ongoing assault on the besieged and bombarded territory, according to Gaza’s Ministry of Health.
Source: Aljazeera
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