pc28

Skip to main content
You have permission to edit this article.
Edit

Burn patients face excruciating recovery as medicines dwindle under Israeli blockade of Gaza

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza (AP) — Hamza Abu Shabab cringed in pain as his mother pulled off his shirt and eased his bandaged head back onto his pillow so she could apply ointment to his small, burned body.

3 min read
Burn patients face excruciating recovery as medicines dwindle under Israeli blockade of Gaza

Iman Abu Shabab, 30, stands next to her 7-year-old son, Hamza, who lies in bed with third-degree burns caused when, frightened by an Israeli airstrike, he spilled a hot plate of rice and lentils on himself in the family’s tent in southern Gaza last month, at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Sunday, May 4, 2025.(AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)


KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza (AP) — Hamza Abu Shabab cringed in pain as his mother pulled off his shirt and eased his bandaged head back onto his pillow so she could apply ointment to his small, burned body.

The 7-year-old suffered third degree burns across his head, neck and shoulders when, frightened by an Israeli airstrike, he spilled a hot plate of rice and lentils onto himself in his family’s tent last month.

ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW

More from The Star & partners