Al Jazeera :
Three-year-old Hanan al-Daqqi spends her days with her younger sister Misk, occasionally asking questions.
The two toddlers have been in the hospital for four months since they were brought there, battered and bleeding from an Israeli bombing, and had their legs amputated. Their father’s sister, Shefa al-Daqqi, 28, has been by their side since then, but she still does not know how to answer the girls’ questions.
Shaima was determined that her daughters would at least have that protection.
She encouraged her sisters and in-laws to do the same.
“Of course, we all feared any harm to our children. But what’s the point? Children get protection from polio, but then an Israeli air strike takes their legs? How does that make any sense?” adds Shefa.
Shefa does her best to keep the girls in good spirits after an Israeli bomb destroyed their legs and killed their mother, in Gaza
On the morning of September 2, Shaima al-Daqqi got up early to take her two daughters – Hanan and 22-month-old Misk – to get the polio vaccine, which was being offered to people in the midst of Israel’s war on Gaza.
Israeli forces continue to pound Gaza, killing over 50 in the 24-hour reporting period, including people in the so-called “safe zone” of al-Mawasi in the south of the territory.
The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees decried Israel’s “escalation” in Gaza over the past 24 hours, noting attacks on schools and hospitals have become “commonplace”.
