(3 Dec 2024)
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Portland, Oregon – 2 December 2024
1. Various of Nasser and his mother arriving at Portland International Airport.
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2. SOUNDBITE (English), Niyyah Ruscher-Haqq, oversees patient affairs for the Portland chapter of the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund
"The PCRF Portland chapter is welcoming Nasser, who is an 8-year-old who lost an arm in an explosion that unfortunately took the lives of his siblings and also the leg of his mother, Marwa, who’s attending with him today. So Nasser is coming into Portland to get medical care."
3. Various of Nasser and his mother receiving gifts from people who welcomed them at the Portland airport.
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4. SOUNDBITE (English), Niyyah Ruscher-Haqq, oversees patient affairs for the Portland chapter of the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund
"On top of the burns and the amputations, there’s also the emotional trauma of having lost their family, their entire family, in the explosion. All of the siblings. So it’s something that we … it’s hard to fathom, how much pain. So there’s the physical injuries that we hope to heal and the emotional injuries that will take longer."
5. Wide, crowd at Portland airport gathered to welcome Nasser
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6. SOUNDBITE (English), Intesar Amirkani, president of the Portland chapter of the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund
"I’m very humbled by all of these people coming to support Nasser, because he needs to know that he was not forgotten, that they were never forgotten actually, and that they are not alone."
7. Close, ‘Welcome Home’ sign, NAT SOUND people cheering
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8. SOUNDBITE (English), Intesar Amirkani, president of the Portland chapter of the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund
"Marwa and Nasser are just one case out of thousands and thousands upon thousands of cases that are still in Gaza needing help."
8. Mid, Nasser
9. Nasser and his mother Marwa leaving the airport.
STORYLINE:
An 8-year-old Palestinian boy from northern Gaza who lost a limb in the Israel-Hamas war arrived in Portland, Oregon, late Monday night as part of a group of children evacuated from Gaza to receive medical treatment in the U.S.
Nasser was wounded after an explosion in May destroyed his family’s home in Jabalia, killing his two sisters. Nasser and his mother survived, but he had to have his hand amputated, and she had to have her leg amputated, according to the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund, a nonprofit that helped organize their evacuation to the U.S.
Dozens of people, including volunteers with the nonprofit’s local chapter, greeted Nasser and his mother Marwa with cheers, flowers, welcome signs and gifts as they entered into the arrivals terminal in wheelchairs.
“I’m very humbled by all of these people coming to support Nasser, because he needs to know that he was not forgotten,” said Intesar Amirkani, president of the nonprofit’s Portland chapter.
Nasser, who will be treated at Shriners Children’s Hospital in Portland, was among the eight children from Gaza most recently evacuated by the nonprofit to receive medical care in the U.S. The group has helped organize previous medical evacuations for children from Gaza to the U.S. and other countries.
The war in Gaza began when Hamas-led militants stormed into southern Israel, killing some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking around 250 people hostage on Oct. 7, 2023. Some 100 are still held inside Gaza, around two-thirds believed to be alive.
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