JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The sounds of airstrikes gave way to the clatter of toys when 6-year-old Mohammed arrived in Jacksonville from Gaza, leaving behind a warzone so he could undergo life-saving skull surgery.
His mother, Nima, described the conditions they left behind. The family was living in a tent before traveling to the U.S.
“Our home was bombed on September 2; it was destroyed. They bombed all around us, and the house was knocked down,” she said. “Life in the tent, you cannot imagine. It’s cold, hot. We don’t have a way to cook. Our children don’t have clothes, they don’t have food, they don’t have drinks.”…