Qamar, the girl from Gaza who carried her injured sister to the hospital and moved the world
A video of a barefoot girl carrying her injured sister after an Israeli bombing in Gaza recently went viral on social media. Qamar, from 6 yearshas become a powerful image of the devastating reality in the Gaza Strip. His journey began when his younger sister, Sumaya, was hit by a car during the chaos generated by a bombing in the camp where they live. “I picked her up and took her to al-Mawasi, which is far away,” says the Palestinian girl. Her mother, who said she was moved by her daughter's bravery, told BBC Arabic Service journalist Rehab Ismail: “It is very brave that she carried her sister to be treated, and that she carried her from the camp to the hospital and then back.” Finding no help, Qamar walked for more than an hour with her sister in tow ...
