The Gaza girl whose face was ‘ripped off’ by an Israeli missile

Last June, Mazyouna was at home in Gaza when an Israeli missile struck her house. The blast threw Mazyouna and her mother out on to the street. Her little sister Tala was buried under the rubble but found alive. The bodies of her siblings Hala, 13, and Mohannad, 10, were pulled out of the wreckage in the hours after the attack. Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/subscribegdn For five months, as Mazyouna’s wounds became infected and she suffered constant pain from the shrapnel still lodged in her face, her parents repeatedly tried to get permission from COGAT, the Israeli government body for humanitarian affairs, for her to be medically evacuated to the US, where a team of surgeons was waiting to treat her. Finally, in November, she, her mother and her sister were allowed to leave Gaza and travelled with three other critically injured children to the other side of the world, arriving in Texas where she will undergo multiple surgeries and try to rebuild her life. Mazyouna is just one of the thousands of children in Gaza who have been evacuated from Gaza to receive lifesaving treatment abroad. Last month, the World Health Organization urged a rapid scaling-up of medical evacuations from Gaza, where thousands remain in critical condition and an estimated 5,000 children require urgent removal for treatment abroad. Watch the full film here ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1J4O4wzccI The Guardian publishes independent journalism, made possible by supporters. Contribute to The Guardian today ► https://bit.ly/3biVfwh Sign up to the Guardian's free new daily newsletter, First Edition ► https://ift.tt/JzgQMhv Website ► https://ift.tt/BQxHv3E Facebook ► https://ift.tt/SVnspk8 Twitter ► https://twitter.com/guardian Instagram ► https://ift.tt/NodJfcA The Guardian on YouTube: Guardian News ► https://bit.ly/guardiannewssubs Guardian Australia ► https://bit.ly/guardianaussubs Guardian Football ► https://bit.ly/gdnfootballsubs Guardian Sport ► https://bit.ly/gdnsportsubs It's Complicated ► https://bit.ly/ItsComplicatedSubs Guardian Live ► https://bit.ly/guardianlivesubs