Ponta Serchio, Italy (AP) – Funeral service was held on Wednesday for a young Palestinian woman He died in Italy shortly after evacuation. from Gaza Last week, they exposed Italians to the hopeless light of Palestinians on their besieged territory.
The funeral of Mala Abu Zuri, attended by hundreds, was repeatedly interrupted by a chant of “Free Palestine,” featuring speeches from local Italian authorities, denounced Israeli policies in Gaza and expressed solidarity with the Palestinians.
As the Palestinian flag swayed, we met in prayer before the co-Zuri was covered in Palestinian flag and a Kefier scarf in the park in the town of Pontasercio near Pisa.
The 19-year-old Zuri had been evacuated to Italy with what Israel called leukemia, but Italian doctors couldn’t find the first evidence of that and instead found a condition that was not diagnosed or misdiagnosed as “profound waste.”
The UN and partners say the 22-month war has devastated Gaza’s healthcare system, and food security experts say: “The worst case scenario of hunger I’m currently playing. “Israel is moving forward with a New military attacks In some of the most populous regions of the territory,
Mayor Matteo Secherry said he wanted to honor Zuri’s life with public services in the town’s peace park, and said he would “make noise” about what Gaza’s political and humane “catastrophe.”
“The reality is that every day in the Gaza Strip, people almost die in the deafening silence of the World Government,” he applauded. “We cannot remain silent in this field of peace today. There are people who have decided to make noise and are here to express their opposition to this genocide.”
Israel claims it is defending international law after the fatal attacks of Hamas on October 7, 2023, and is fighting an existential war in Gaza. Israel rejected allegations of genocide related to the war in Gaza and called them anti-Semitism.
Zuri arrived in Italy on August 13-14, and one of 31 sick or injured Palestinians was evacuated by Italian humanitarian air transport, which has brought nearly 1,000 sick Palestinians and their families to the country since the war began.
Israel said she had leukemia and had previously offered shelter, but claimed Hamas had exploited her case without providing evidence. The UN World Health Organization, which coordinates patient evacuation, did not respond to a request for comment.
Gaza’s health ministry claims evacuations are often delayed or cancelled by Israeli authorities. More than 18,000 patients and injured people say they need treatment outside of Gaza.
Zuhri was admitted to the hematology ward of Santachiara Hospital at the University of Pisa, a known oncology hospital in Tuscany, but died there on August 15th.
The hospital said she arrived “with a very complicated/compromised clinical picture.” Deep waste. “She suffered from a sudden respiratory crisis and subsequent cardiac arrest, which killed her.
Dr. Sarah Garimberti, director of the Department of Hematology at Pisa Hospital, said Zuri had arrived with a diagnosis of suspected acute leukemia, but the hospital that was conducted returned to negative, with no indication of “bad cells” indicating leukemia.
Galimberti told reporters that Zuhri was likely misdiagnosed, but her condition was still severely compromised and had been there for a while.
“The patient was completely wasted despite being 19 years old and was totally bedridden,” she said.
The hospital has provided nutrition consultations and started supporting high-calorie therapy and blood transfusions, but Zuhri died before a full diagnosis was possible, Galimberti said.
The doctor said the woman’s mother, Naviera Abu Zuri, refused to have the autopsy on religious and personal reasons.
The mother who accompanied her daughter spoke briefly at the funeral and thanked her for asking for prayers for the Palestinians in an attempt to save her. She said before returning to Gaza, “I’m leaving a part of my heart, a part of me, with you, with you.”
Mohammad Khalil, translated for her, in Pisa, tried to calm the crowd down and focus on Zuri, but he also talked about food shortages and hunger in Gaza. He was the main side of service and burial in the newly designated area of the cemetery for Muslims.
“It remains a monument to the territory of future generations as a symbol of the massacre of the Palestinian people,” Mayor Setselli said.
The United Nations has said that Gaza’s hunger and malnutrition have been at its highest level since the war began. The United Nations says 12,000 children under the age of five were found to be acute malnutrition in July. The World Health Organization says this number is likely shortfall.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu repeatedly claimed that no one in Gaza was hungry“There is no hunger in Gaza.”
The AP Report discovered it Malnutrition children arrived at Gaza Hospital every day,some Die on hungerincluding those with no existing state.
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Winfield reported from Rome.
