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At just 2½ years old, Jood Damo has experienced more tragedy than some do in a lifetime.
Amid the ongoing horrors of the Israel-Hamas war, Jood was wounded Dec. 26 when an Israeli tank targeted his family’s home in the village of Nuseirat in Gaza. Jood’s mother shielded him with her body and was killed in the attack, according to the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund.
That same day, Motaz Azaiza, a now well-known Gazan photojournalist, came across Jood lying on the floor of a hospital, blood seeping through the gauze wrapped around his leg and IV lines transferring blood back into his tiny body.
Azaiza snapped a picture and took a video.
Not only did Azaiza’s Instagram post reach millions, it also caught the attention of PCRF, which put the wheels in motion to help evacuate Jood from Gaza for treatment in the U.S.
In the most unlikely of reunions Monday night in a Willow Springs home, members of the nonprofit gathered to bring Jood and Azaiza together again, in circumstances unimaginable when the viral photo was taken.
Read the full story from the Tribune’s Zareen Syed.
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