A Palestinian girl who lost her legs and a boy who was blinded in Israel's attack on Gaza are amongst Palestinians receiving treatment in Saudi Arabia, Health Minister Hamad Al-Mane' said on Tuesday. “(King Abdullah) saw you on television and was extremely affected,” Al-Mane' told the girl, Jamila, at a meeting of Arab health ministers in Riyadh. Saudi state media have carried prominent coverage of several dozen wounded Palestinians brought to the country for treatment in Saudi hospitals. A precise figure of those being treated was not available. “I was playing when this accident happened. I didn't have a bomb or a weapon for them to do this to me. I was on the roof and suddenly I found myself in hospital,” Jamila, in a wheelchair, told the minister in front of television cameras at the meeting. “I asked ‘what's going on?' and they said I was in a coma and my legs had been amputated, and my cousin's too. My sister was killed and another cousin as well, God have mercy on them,” she said. The meeting of health ministers will discuss Israel's offensive in Gaza that has killed more than 900 Palestinians. The story of Jamila and Luay Sobh, who was blinded, was shown earlier this week on Al-Jazeera television, which has carried extensive coverage of civilian casualties inside Gaza. It was not clear how old the two children were. Qatar, which owns Al Jazeera, has asked the 22-member Arab League in Cairo to hold an emergency Arab summit on Friday. Saudi Arabia has organized an aid campaign for Palestinians that has gathered over $27 million.
