Girl from Gaza loses both legs, arrives in Seattle for prosthetics

Seba Abuabeda is one of 11 injured Gazan children evacuated to the U.S. — the largest known transfer of wounded children from Gaza to America.

SEATTLE — Seba Abuabeda, a 12-year-old girl from a refugee camp in central Gaza, arrived in Seattle on Sunday evening with a singular hope: to walk again.

In January, while sheltering with her family in a tent at a school, Seba lost both of her legs in an Israeli airstrike, according to the U.S.-based nonprofit HEAL Palestine. The nonprofit organized her evacuation from Gaza to Seattle.

“She has some nerve pain,” her social worker said, interpreting for Seba’s mother,

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