"When will you stand up and walk with me?".. Naila dreams of returning to her daughter

Naila Mreish (23), a young mother from Gaza, was paralyzed after an Israeli airstrike in July 2025, losing her ability to move. She lives in a displacement tent in the Rimal area, faces a severe shortage of medical supplies, and awaits treatment unavailable in Gaza. She dreams of standing again to care for her daughter, who asks her: When will you stand up and walk with me?

Naila Mreish (23), a young mother from the Shujaiya neighborhood of Gaza City, was paralyzed after an Israeli airstrike targeted her tent in the Rimal area on July 8, 2025. In that attack, she lost her mother and was hit by two shrapnel pieces: one lodged in her lung causing internal bleeding, and the other struck her spine, fracturing two vertebrae, leaving her without sensation or movement in her lower body. Naila had previously been injured on August 28, 2024, in a strike in Deir al-Balah, and lost two of her siblings. She now lives in a displacement tent, suffering from skin ulcers and rodent attacks on her foot due to loss of sensation. She needs an MRI scan unavailable in Gaza, and a medical referral for treatment abroad that has not been activated. Her main concern is her young daughter who asks her: When will you stand up and walk with me?