Girl, 14, is flown to Chicago for treatment after her Gaza home was struck by bomb blast and she was forced to have both legs amputated with no anesthesia

• Leyan, 14, was flown to Chicago after a devastating blast on October 27 left her severely injured and had to have her legs amputated without anesthesia
• The teen is now receiving treatment at Shriner’s Hospital via the nonprofit Heal Palestine
• More than 13,000 children have been killed in Gaza since the start of the Israel-Hamas war in October last year, according to a recent report by the UN 

A 14-year-old Palestinian girl from Gaza has had both legs amputated after a bomb struck her home but is now receiving treatment in Chicago.

Leyan, 14, was flown to Chicago after a devastating blast on October 27 left her severely injured and had to have her legs amputated without anesthesia.

‘The targeting and bombing of my house also led to the killing of [a] one-day-old and my 5-year-old niece,’ she told a ceremony in Chicago.

The teen is now receiving treatment at Shriner’s Hospital via the nonprofit Heal Palestine.

Leyan told the event that she now wants to become a doctor other children who have suffered injuries as a result of war.

Leyan, 14, was flown to Chicago after a devastating blast on October 27 left her severely injured and had to have her legs amputated without anesthesia

The teen is now receiving treatment at Shriner’s Hospital via the nonprofit Heal Palestine

Chicago has also become a refuge and new home for other children injured and displaced by the conflict.

Two-year-old Jude and his father arrived in Chicago earlier this month with the help of the nonprofit Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund after Jude sustained severe leg injuries in Gaza.

They are staying at the Ronald McDonald House while Jude is treated for his injuries that were sustained in an attack that killed his mother.

‘There are countless children who are still in need,’ Jude’s father told CBS.

‘They all deserve the same level of help and treatment and medical attention, not only for children in Gaza but all of Palestine.

‘Children are in need now more than ever.’

More than 13,000 children have been killed in Gaza since the start of the Israel-Hamas war in October last year, according to a recent report by the UN.

‘Thousands more have been injured or we can’t even determine where they are’ UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell told CBS News.

‘The targeting and bombing of my house also led to the killing of [a] one-day-old and my 5-year-old niece,’ Leyan told a ceremony in Chicago

Leyan told the event that she now wants to become a doctor other children who have suffered injuries as a result of war

‘They may be stuck under rubble. We haven’t seen that rate of death among children in almost any other conflict in the world.’

‘I’ve been in wards of children who are suffering from severe anemia malnutrition, the whole ward is absolutely quiet’ she explained.

Adding: ‘The children, the babies, don’t even have the energy to cry.’

Israel’s war against Hamas has since laid waste to the Gaza Strip, killing more than 30,000 people, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.

The UN says a quarter of Gaza’s 2.3 million people face starvation.

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