Yuval Raphael from Israel performs the song “New Day Will Rise” during the dress rehearsal for the second semi-final of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest, in Basel, Switzerland, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
His mother said Hamza has undergone nine surgeries, including four on his face. The hospital ran out of the liquid painkillers used for children, and he struggles to swallow the larger pills, she said.Raika Abu Sahloul, 40, cares for her 4-year-old niece, Layan, as she sits despondently among her dolls at Nasser hospital with second-degree burns on her face, foot, and stomach, caused a week earlier during an Israeli army strike on her home in Khan Younis that killed her pregnant mother and two siblings and buried her under the rubble, in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Sunday, May 4, 2025.(AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Raika Abu Sahloul, 40, cares for her 4-year-old niece, Layan, as she sits despondently among her dolls at Nasser hospital with second-degree burns on her face, foot, and stomach, caused a week earlier during an Israeli army strike on her home in Khan Younis that killed her pregnant mother and two siblings and buried her under the rubble, in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Sunday, May 4, 2025.(AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)In another room, 4-year-old Layan Ibrahim Sahloul sits despondently among her dolls, with second-degree burns across her face, foot and stomach. A week ago, a strike on her house in Khan Younis killed her pregnant mother and two siblings, burying her under the rubble.Layan has difficulty moving and has become withdrawn and in a constant state of fear, said her aunt, Raga Sahloul. She also suffers from malnutrition, she said.
“I am scared it will take her months instead of weeks to heal,” said her aunt.under Israel’s ban on food to Gaza, with aid groups warning that people are starving. Without proper nutrition, patients’ recovery is slowed and their bodies can’t fight infection, say health professionals.
At the meeting of Netanyahu’s security Cabinet this week, which decided to expand operations in Gaza, ministers were told that “at this point there is enough food in Gaza,” without elaborating. according to two Israeli officials, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the meeting.
Israel says its blockade and renewed military campaign aim to pressure Hamas to release the remaining 59 hostages it holds and to accede to Israel’s demands that it disarm. Rights groups have saidThere had been widespread hope that Trump’s trip could increase the chances of a ceasefire deal or the resumption of
, which Israel has prevented for more than two months. The Trump administration is also trying to negotiate a, which backs several anti-Israel militant groups, including Hamas in Gaza and the Houthis in Yemen.
Speaking to reporters in Abu Dhabi on the final day of his trip, Trump said he was looking to resolve a range of global crises, including Gaza. “We’re looking at Gaza,” he said. “And we’ve got to get that taken care of. A lot of people are starving. A lot of people are — there’s a lot of bad things going on.”AP correspondent Charles de Ledesma reports Israeli strikes kill at least 93 people in Gaza as President Donald Trump wraps up his Middle East visit.