Israeli Doctors Save Gaza Boy's Heart

Israeli Paediatric Cardiologist Dr. Lior Sasson (C) covers young Abdullah Siam as he prepares the boy for surgery to repair a congenital defect in his heart at the Wolfson Medical Center January 29, 2009 in Tel Aviv, Israel. The 6-year-old Palestinian boy, whose powerful relative Hamas Interior Minister Said Siam was assassinated by Israel during its recent offensive in the Gaza Strip, is the first child from Gaza to cross the border to the Israeli hospital for life-saving heart surgery since the war ended on January 18. Siam was brought over by the Christian charity Shevet Achim to repair the hole in his heart through Save a Child's Heart (SACH), an Israeli-based international humanitarian project whose mission is to improve the quality of paediatric cardiac care for children from developing countries who suffer from heart disease and to create centers of competence in these countries. (Photo by David Silverman/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Abdullah Siam;Lior Sasson

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