I lifted Mohammed..his leg fell from my arms

Gaza mum's joy as son, six, treated in Ireland for blast injuries

- GRAINNE NI AODHA

A MOTHER whose son lost a leg in a bombing in Gaza has said the offer to receive medical treatment in Ireland was a "golden opportunity".

Mohammed, six, is one of 19 children who have been evacuated from Gaza to receive treatment in Ireland since December 2024.

Buchra Abdul-Bari said her family moved from Gaza City to Rafah, and then on to Khan Yunis in Gaza in 2024.

They were in a tent in Khan Yunis, in what was meant to be a safe area, when their dwelling was hit by a missile.

She said they were all injured, but her husband and her youngest son were the most severely hurt.

Ms Abdul-Bari ripped her shirt to wrap around her husband's leg when her son Mohammed called to her.

She added: "Mohammed said 'Mum, look at me and I lifted him and his leg fell down from my arms." Ms Abdul-Bari said his face began to go yellow and his lips were turning blue.

She added: "I knocked on many tents, no one can come and help me. So I knocked [into]my neighbour, I begged him to help me, and I convinced him finally, and he came with his bike.

"He put Mohammed in the wooden box in his bike, and he went to the around two hospital hours on the bike.

"I kissed him and left him with my neighbour." She said she went back to her husband and asked him to "be strong" and "try your best HURT M to stay".

She said when she got back to the tent, she noticed her son Zainaldeen had shrapnel in his chest, her daughter Kinzy was injured and she herself had injuries across her body. She brought her children to hospital and was told her husband had died.