DaysofPal – In one of the most heartbreaking stories to emerge from the ongoing Israeli assault on Gaza, four-year-old Nariman Abdullah Al-Eisa now lives with devastating physical and emotional scars.
In a single airstrike, she lost her right eye, her right leg, and her mother — all while in a civilian neighborhood in central Gaza that had received no prior warnings and was not labeled a “red zone.”
On the night of June 26, Nariman was at home near Al-Samer Junction with her mother and siblings when an Israeli missile leveled the building. Her mother was killed instantly. Her brother Anas was injured. Nariman was pulled from beneath the rubble with life-threatening wounds.
In the days that followed, she underwent multiple surgeries. Her left leg was amputated in two phases, and her right eye is gone forever. But nothing compares to the pain of her greatest loss — her mother. With heartbreaking innocence, Nariman keeps repeating a single sentence: “Bring me Mommy from Heaven.”
Her father, Abdullah Al-Eisa, describes the moment Nariman’s grandmother tried to explain: “Mommy went to God… she’s in Heaven now.” But the little girl still cannot understand why her mother no longer holds her.
Abdullah is now working with humanitarian organizations, including the Red Cross and Doctors Without Borders, to secure Nariman urgent medical treatment abroad. He hopes she can receive prosthetic limbs, psychological support, and perhaps a glimpse of the childhood that was so brutally taken from her.
A Worsening Crisis
According to Gaza’s medical records, 1 in every 10 injuries in the current war has resulted in an amputation — half of them among children. Medical staff are overwhelmed by not just the scale of physical trauma, but also the deep psychological wounds that persist, particularly among women and children.
UNICEF has reported that more than 50,000 children have been killed or injured during the war in Gaza since October 2023.
Meanwhile, 14,000 wounded or critically ill individuals are on waiting lists for medical treatment abroad. Their fate remains locked behind sealed borders. Since March 2, Israeli occupation forces have enforced a full closure of all border crossings — including Rafah, Gaza’s only outlet to the world, which was completely destroyed and occupied in May 2024.
Nariman Is Not Alone
Nariman is just one child among thousands in Gaza who have lost limbs, loved ones, homes, and any semblance of safety. Her story is a window into a broader catastrophe — a crisis where tragedy doesn’t end with death, but lingers in the broken bodies and shattered lives of survivors.
Her “plea—“Bring me Mommy from Heaven”—is ”more than a child’s sorrow. It’s a searing cry from Gaza’s collective soul. One that demands not only compassion but also justice.
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