Officials say they applied for Jana Ayyad to be transferred to Jordan two weeks ago but have not received Israeli approval
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n recent photos, Jana Ayyad is curled up in a ball, her face covered with her hands. Sometimes, the emaciated eight-year-old sobs, crying out for her father, who has been marooned outside Gaza since the war started 23 months ago.
Jana is on the brink of death. Her only hope is a medical evacuation from Gaza so that she can receive treatment abroad.
Her health crisis started with severe malnutrition and has since led to complications such as severe acidosis – where body fluids contain too much acid because the kidneys and lungs can’t keep the body’s pH in balance, and which doctors say they do not have the supplies to treat. Over the last month, her body has begun to swell, a hallmark of malnutrition and acidosis.
