On August 7, 3-year-old Farah Abu Halima returned to the besieged Gaza Strip after several months of plastic and reconstructive surgery in San Diego, CA. She was escorted back to her home in Beit Lahya by PCRF volunteer and Farah's host family and surrogate mother, Amal Jubran. Farah had several operations in 2010 by Dr. Munish Batra of D.O.C.S. (Doctors Offering Charitable Services) at Palomar Hospital. Farah's home was hit by an Israeli phosphorous shell during the IDF assault on Gaza on January 3, 2009. Several members of her family were killed, including her mother Ghada, who died in March 2009 in Egypt from injuries she sustained in the bombing. (Please see the B'Tselem account of the incident here). While the girl suffered serious third-degree burns all over her body, she suffered serious psychological injuries as well, not the least of which was the loss of her mother and other relatives. Her video story is available here. The PCRF is grateful to the many volunteers in our San Diego chapter and community who cared for her during the past several months of her treatment there. We are particularly grateful to Michel and Amal Jubran, who housed her much of the time during her stay there and gave her the security, comfort and love that she needed to heal not only her physical injuries, but also the psychological trauma that this innocent child endured.
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