- A 10-year-old Palestinian girl, Mariam Sabbah, who lost her arm during an Israeli bombardment in Gaza, has arrived in the UK for specialist medical treatment.
- Mariam sustained critical abdominal and pelvic injuries and lost her left arm after her home in Deir al-Balah was hit by a missile last March, leading to an amputation following an infection.
- Her family's initial plans for treatment in the US were thwarted when a US administration halted visitor visas for all Palestinians in August last year.
- UK-based charity Project Pure Hope stepped in to facilitate Mariam's evacuation from Egypt to the UK, arranging privately funded specialist reconstructive and rehabilitative care.
- The UK government has supported medical evacuations from Gaza, with 50 children and their families already receiving care, and backs Project Pure Hope's initiative for privately funded cases.
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