Gaza child amputees get new limbs but can't shake war trauma

Palestinian girls who were injured in the Gaza Strip during the war between Israel and Hamas, receive rehabilitation care at a hospital in Abu Dhabi on December 12, 2024. [AFP]

Layan Al Nasr, 14, thought she would never walk again after both of her legs were amputated following an Israeli bombing in Gaza one year ago.

Now, she stands proudly on artificial limbs fitted in the United Arab Emirates. But fear for her family, still living under the attacks, gnaws away.