A young girl has been reunited with her mother in Gaza after being evacuated to Egypt as a premature baby in 2023.
Bissan was born six weeks premature after her mother, Sundus al-Kurd, was seriously injured in an attack on their home in Beit Lahiya.
Weeks after her birth, Bissan was transported to Egypt by ambulance while still in an incubator, along with 28 other premature babies evacuated from a neonatal hospital.
In March this year, Bissan returned to Gaza with 10 other children from the same group, with assistance from the United Nations, allowing them to reunite with their families.
Sundus said Bissan did not immediately recognize her mother when they were finally reunited after more than two years apart.
The mother and daughter are now slowly rebuilding their bond as they adjust to life together again.
(Photo Courtesy: Reuters)
