When her nine-year-old son gingerly kicks a football for the first time since his accident, Rami Qattoush’s mother glows with pride.
Since he traveled to Jordan last month after receiving Israeli military authority to leave Gaza, it marks a significant turning point in his recuperation.
Like Cristiano Ronaldo, Rami hopes to play football someday. However, he is still in discomfort and gets tired easily, so he has to sit on a plastic chair.
He has severely scarred and withered his wrapped legs, one of which is splinted.
Every step forward is challenging.
The family had been pushed by Gazan doctors to consent to the amputation of both of his legs.
