GEOFF BENNETT: Gaza now has the highest# number of child amputees per capita in## the world, a stark reminder of the war's# horrific toll on the youngest victims.

Before the State Department paused new# medical visas for Palestinians back in August,## a group of children was able to leave Gaza# for lifesaving medical care here in the U.S.,## among them, four young survivors, children# and teens whose stories reveal not just loss,## but remarkable resilience and hope.

Amna Nawaz and producer Zeba# Warsi captured their stories.

A warning: Some images are disturbing.

AMNA NAWAZ: In here, 7-year-old Qamar can create# her own world.

Surrounded by Disney characters## drawing fishy fish, as she calls them, she forgets# for the moment what was lost in the real world,## where she's still learning to take small# steps in her new body and with 3-year-old## brother Omar working to piece together a new# life far from the war she left back home.

Two months into Israel's war in Gaza, an airstrike# destroyed her family home in Jabalia.

That was on## December 4 of 2023, Qamar's sixth birthday.# Her mother Huda helps her to find the words.

HUDA, Mother of Qamar: "This# was my worst birthday ever."

Of course it is.

We got bombed# seven times.

The whole area was## bombed.

It was crazy day.

It was# -- they call it the blood day.

Qamar's 14-year-old cousin, Moatasem (ph), was# killed that day.

Sister Tuleen (ph) suffered a## head injury and was blinded for days.# Huda today is haunted by the memory.

HUDA: After the five bomb, I heard Tuleen.# She was in the kitchen.

She was scared.

But## she's got injured in her head.

So there's# blood everywhere.

She can't see.

She's## just calling me.

So I had to put Qamar in a# corner, because Qamar, she had a leg injury.

AMNA NAWAZ: As Huda carried the smaller# children out, Qamar faced her worst fears.

QAMAR, Medical Evacuee From Gaza: Just me# and my cousin.

So I grabbed her hand and## we sit together.

And then I told her: "OK,# nobody can come.

So just me and you.

Really,## it's just me and you.

So we're# going to, like, die right now."

AMNA NAWAZ: She survived, but delayed# care at the overwhelmed hospital## meant Qamar's leg had to be amputated,# even as bombs fell around the facility.

QAMAR (through translator): I used to be afraid# earlier that, because there were a lot of bombs.

Then there's a lot of bombs.

(through translator): I got used to it.

AMNA NAWAZ: She's now getting# used to a new life in New Jersey,## where she arrived in March with her mother and# brother.

Her father and sister remain in Gaza.

STEVE SOSEBEE, HEAL Palestine: There's# literally thousands and thousands of## children in Gaza right now who need# medical care that cannot get inside## Gaza because the health system's# been decimated and destroyed.

AMNA NAWAZ: Steve Sosebee and his wife,# pediatric oncologist Dr.

Zeena Salman,## are co-founders of the organization HEAL# Palestine that's evacuated Qamar and more## than 60 children from Gaza to the U.S.

for# medical treatment in the last two years.

A former journalist, Steve says# he was moved to change paths.

STEVE SOSEBEE: It was an encounter with an# injured child back in 1990 who had had his## legs amputated, had lost a hand from a# bomb, and he was only 10 years old.

And## I got to know him and I felt kind of# an obligation as a human being first## and foremost to try to help him get# prosthetic limbs and become mobile.

This is a global responsibility to# heal these kids.

It's an individual## responsibility for myself and for Zeena.

DR.

ZEENA SALMAN, HEAL Palestine:# We call it a healing community,## where we have our families living# amongst each other.

We just love them## through this whole process so that# they can start to feel whole again.

As a mother, every night, I put my own kids to# bed, and I get a little teary-eyed most nights,## because I think how blessed they are to have a# full belly and a warm bed and a roof over their## heads.

And that to me is reason enough.

They have# lost so much.

We can't give them back everything## that they have lost, but we can start to# put those pieces back together with them.

AMNA NAWAZ: In another part of New Jersey,# we meet 19-year-old Sara and her family,## big sister Sikham (ph) and mother Lana (ph).# Family time is quieter now with just these three.## Back home in Gaza, as one of nine children,# then 17-year-old Sara's home was always full.

That video was minutes before bombs# fell outside their family home,## just moments before she held her little# brother Hamoud's (ph) hand at the window.

SARA, Medical Evacuee From Gaza: So# I rushed to the home because I know## Hamoud.

And I found him standing# there looking shaken.

So I said:## "Hamoud, you're so brave.

Nothing is# going to happen.

This is just a sound."

The moment I let go of his hand,# something extremely hot.

I had## my back forward.

I was overcome with fear# that I couldn't recognize where I was.

Oh,## hold on.

It was enough to catch the# sound of endless crying and screaming.

AMNA NAWAZ: The blast killed 8-year-old# Hamoud and 15-year-old Ahmed (ph) and left## Sara with third-degree burns# over 60 percent of her body.

How did you learn that your# brothers had been killed?

SARA: When I heard my sisters# screaming (INAUDIBLE) outside.## And I know there was no way he's still alive.

And Ahmed left without any goodbye and Hamoud# followed him without any goodbyes.

And when## Hamoud passed away, my sister Farah# (ph) tried to say: "No, no, no, no, no,## be happy for him.

There is an ambulance outside.# We got the permission to get him to the hospital."

I was like: "Farah, stop it.

I heard# Hamoud stop breathing.

I know it."

AMNA NAWAZ: You heard your# brothers stop breathing?

SARA: Yes, because smoke were pouring# out my mouth.

And Hamoud is choking.## He wasn't able to breathe.

He was like,# oh, like that.

So when he passed away,## I hear Hamoud stop breathing,# like completely silent.

AMNA NAWAZ: Blocked from leaving the# neighborhood by Israeli troops, Sara's## family fought for 14 days to keep her alive,# using supplies at home to fight off infection.

SARA: My skin was open, like# I have within everywhere,## and it was bleeding.

So just# imagine someone wiping with vinegar.

AMNA NAWAZ: Your father had to# wipe your body with vinegar?

SARA: Yes, there was... AMNA NAWAZ: To keep infection away.

SARA: And I was screaming, even though# they gave me a pai.. was expired.

And I was like: "Daddy, stop."

And he said: "I know.

I know I'm doing too much# for you, but I have to do it.

I can't lose you."

AMNA NAWAZ: When she was evacuated, Sara# couldn't move her legs, arms or neck.

Today,## she's undergone over 20 surgeries,# with at least a dozen more ahead.

SARA: When that happened, I just realized# my life is done.

My mom was like: "Sara,## stop.

Nothing is going to stop the life for you.## You have to keep going.

You have to# keep looking forward to the future."

And this is what I'm going to do right now.

AMNA NAWAZ: In Chicago, meanwhile, the HEAL# community is just trying to keep up with Adam,## a 4-year-old force of nature with a relentless,## insatiable curiosity and a sense of# stubbornness like any ordinary kid his age.

But Adam has already survived the extraordinary.

Superheroes.

In July of 2024, an explosion ripped through his# family tent in the Khan .. his entire family, mother, father,# brother and sister, all killed in an## instant.

Adam lost most of his right leg.

He# was evacuated with his grandmother, Aliya.

ALIYA YOUSEF ABU FOULEH, Grandmother of# Adam (through translator): At the beginning,## he would cry all day, asking f.. AMNA NAWAZ: Today, the two live with a# host family.

Aliya now helps Adam to walk,## as she once did with his father.

ALIYA YOUSEF ABU FOULEH (through# translator): I see my son Ahmed in## Adam.

It's as if he's the one in front of# me.

He looks just like him.

I pr.. get to live long enough to see him grow up# and become a man and then God can take me.

AMNA NAWAZ: Just a few miles away, 15-year-old# Khalil tries to keep Gaza close, playing## the music of his homeland and watching# scenes from the streets he once roamed.

KHALIL, Medical Evacuee From Gaza# (through translator): I had great## memories with my friends.

We.. rent out a field and play soccer# together.

I really miss them all.

AMNA NAWAZ: In April of 2024,# Khalil walked down the street## to a barbershop to retrieve# a pair of forgotten glasses.

KHALIL (through translator): When I went# back to get my glasses, I was hit by a bomb.

AMNA NAWAZ: Khalil, do you remember anything about## what it felt like or what# happened after the bombing?

KHALIL (through translator): No, I# don't remember.

After the injury,## I was in a coma for a week, and that's it.

AMNA NAWAZ: He awoke to learn that he'd# lost both his legs.

He's now traded his## bike or a wheelchair and soccer for basketball# therapy.

He's now also adjusting to a new life,## with his mother Reem (ph) and# sister Lulu (ph) by his side.

He's a quick study too, eager to learn a new song.

Yes.

that was it.

He says he works hard in school.

He# wants to be an engineer.

We ask him why.

KHALIL (through translator): Because# I want to build Gaza back up again,## so it'll be better than it ever# was, even better than America.

AMNA NAWAZ: Sara too is looking to the future.

Do you think about going back?

SARA: In this case, no.

But# of course, like two years,## three years, when Gaza is going to go back# stronger, of course I'm going to go back.

AMNA NAWAZ: For Qamar, the# dream is to be a doctor.

QAMAR: Because there's some people like# me, so I want to do them a prosthetic,## so they can be two legs.

AMNA NAWAZ: And to return# to Gaza and to her sister.

QAMAR (through translator): I love when my sister# and I used to play.

When we go back to Gaza,## and there's no more Israeli military, we're# going to start everything over from scratch.