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13-Year-Old Palestinian Faces Uncertain Future After Losing Leg - Gaza

A boy helps push the wheelchair for Akram Harb (front) in Gaza City, on Dec. 13, 2024. Harb, a 13-year-old Palestinian, was injured in an Israeli attack at his house in the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip in October, 2024. One of his legs was amputated, and the other has problems and needs treatment, which is unavailable due to the siege imposed on the Gaza Strip. Now, he lives with his family in a tent in Gaza City. Photo by Mahmoud Zaki/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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13-Year-Old Palestinian Faces Uncertain Future After Losing Leg - Gaza

A boy helps push the wheelchair for Akram Harb (front) in Gaza City, on Dec. 13, 2024. Harb, a 13-year-old Palestinian, was injured in an Israeli attack at his house in the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip in October, 2024. One of his legs was amputated, and the other has problems and needs treatment, which is unavailable due to the siege imposed on the Gaza Strip. Now, he lives with his family in a tent in Gaza City. Photo by Mahmoud Zaki/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israel Intensifies Assault On Gaza

A 13-year-old Palestinian boy, recovering from burns at a hospital in Gaza, following an Israeli military operation. October 23, 2024. After weeks of Israel’s offensive on Northern Gaza there’s been an intensification of the assault on the Jabalia refugee camp and the surrounding areas in the north of the strip, rooting out Hamas fighters, Israeli Defence Forces say. Troops have encircled Beit Hanoun and Beit Lahiya with tanks and thousands of residents have been forced to flee along Salah al Din Road, the main artery south towards Gaza City. Photo by Moiz Salhi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israel Intensifies Assault On Gaza

A 13-year-old Palestinian boy, recovering from burns at a hospital in Gaza, following an Israeli military operation. October 23, 2024. After weeks of Israel’s offensive on Northern Gaza there’s been an intensification of the assault on the Jabalia refugee camp and the surrounding areas in the north of the strip, rooting out Hamas fighters, Israeli Defence Forces say. Troops have encircled Beit Hanoun and Beit Lahiya with tanks and thousands of residents have been forced to flee along Salah al Din Road, the main artery south towards Gaza City. Photo by Moiz Salhi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israel Intensifies Assault On Gaza

A 13-year-old Palestinian boy, recovering from burns at a hospital in Gaza with a woman taking care of him, following an Israeli military operation. October 23, 2024. After weeks of Israel’s offensive on Northern Gaza there’s been an intensification of the assault on the Jabalia refugee camp and the surrounding areas in the north of the strip, rooting out Hamas fighters, Israeli Defence Forces say. Troops have encircled Beit Hanoun and Beit Lahiya with tanks and thousands of residents have been forced to flee along Salah al Din Road, the main artery south towards Gaza City. Photo by Moiz Salhi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israel Intensifies Assault On Gaza

A 13-year-old Palestinian boy, recovering from burns at a hospital in Gaza, following an Israeli military operation. October 23, 2024. After weeks of Israel’s offensive on Northern Gaza there’s been an intensification of the assault on the Jabalia refugee camp and the surrounding areas in the north of the strip, rooting out Hamas fighters, Israeli Defence Forces say. Troops have encircled Beit Hanoun and Beit Lahiya with tanks and thousands of residents have been forced to flee along Salah al Din Road, the main artery south towards Gaza City. Photo by Moiz Salhi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israel Intensifies Assault On Gaza

A 13-year-old Palestinian boy, recovering from burns at a hospital in Gaza, following an Israeli military operation. October 23, 2024. After weeks of Israel’s offensive on Northern Gaza there’s been an intensification of the assault on the Jabalia refugee camp and the surrounding areas in the north of the strip, rooting out Hamas fighters, Israeli Defence Forces say. Troops have encircled Beit Hanoun and Beit Lahiya with tanks and thousands of residents have been forced to flee along Salah al Din Road, the main artery south towards Gaza City. Photo by Moiz Salhi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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13-year-old Gazan boy becomes only breadwinner in family in Hamas-Israel conflict

STORY: 13-year-old Gazan boy becomes only breadwinner in family in Hamas-Israel conflict SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 8, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 16, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:54 LOCATION: GAZA CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Mohammed al-Yazji and his siblings 2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): MOHAMMED AL-YAZJI, Palestinian teenager in Gaza 3. various of Mohammed al-Yazji and his siblings STORYLINE: Mohammed al-Yazji, a 13-year-old Palestinian boy, lives in a small tent in Rafah, a city in the southern Gaza Strip. He is responsible for taking care of his six siblings, including his six-month-old sister Toleen, after losing their parents several months ago. Al-Yazji and his siblings have been displaced several times since the Hamas-Israeli conflict erupted in October 2023. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): MOHAMMED AL-YAZJI, Palestinian teenager in Gaza "We were evacuated to Rafah, and at that time my brothers and I slept on the streets, but then I discovered the Qatari Hospital and stayed there, but because of the sewage issues, I was not

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Eco-friendly open-air cinema in Gaza brings joy to Palestinians

STORY: Eco-friendly open-air cinema in Gaza brings joy to Palestinians DATELINE: Aug. 17, 2023 LENGTH: 00:04:09 LOCATION: GAZA, Palestine CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of children at the open-air cinema 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): MOHAMMED AL-ALI, Gaza-based boy 3. various of children at the open-air cinema 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): ALI MOHANNA, Gaza-based activist 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): IBRAHIM SHAMALAKH, Gaza-based boy 6. various of children at the open-air cinema STORYLINE: For the first time in his life, 13-year-old Mohammed al-Ali was able to watch his favorite animation movie on a big screen installed on the beach of Gaza City. "It was amazing to watch the movie with others ... I often dreamed to visit a cinema someday and watch all my favorite movies," the boy told Xinhua. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): MOHAMMED AL-ALI, Gaza-based boy "I come here every Thursday and Friday to watch the movies. They are beautiful, and I come here to spend quality time with my friends." Excited and thankful for such

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U.S. service member's alleged trespass in Okinawa

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos arrives at the Japanese Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 2, 2012, at the request of Japanese Senior Vice Foreign Minister Shuji Kira, following an alleged trespass earlier in the day by a member of the U.S. military at an apartment in the village of Yomitan, Okinawa Prefecture. The U.S. serviceman allegedly hit a 13-year-old boy in the apartment.

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U.S. service member's alleged trespass in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken in the village of Yomitan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Nov. 2, 2012, shows a building where a U.S. serviceman from the U.S. Air Force's Kadena base allegedly entered a third-floor apartment and hit a 13-year-old boy before jumping from the third floor early on the day.

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Education board head at center of Otsu bullying case attacked

OTSU, Japan - Naomi Koshi, mayor of Otsu in Shiga Prefecture, answers reporters' questions at the city hall on Aug. 15, 2012. A college student the same day assaulted the chief of the Otsu education board, police said. The education board has come under public criticism for initially failing to admit a link between the suicide of a 13-year-old boy and bullying by classmates in 2011.

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Boy forced to jump from 2nd floor of school building

SOKA, Japan - Photo on July 20, 2012, shows the site where a 13-year-old boy was forced by classmates in April to jump from the second floor of a junior high school building in Soka, Saitama Prefecture. The municipal education board said that day the boy sustained severe injuries after hitting the concrete ground about three meters below.

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City changes stance over schoolboy's suicide

OTSU, Japan - Naomi Koshi, mayor of Otsu in Shiga Prefecture, speaks during a press conference at the city hall on July 17, 2012, following the second round of a hearing at the Otsu District Court on a suit filed against the western Japan city and alleged bullies by the parents of a 13-year-old boy who committed suicide. The municipal government of Otsu told the district court that it is highly likely to admit that bullying lay behind the October 2011 suicide of the junior high school boy, reversing its previous stance.

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City changes stance over schoolboy's suicide

OTSU, Japan - People wait in line outside the Otsu District Court in Shiga Prefecture on July 17, 2012, for a draw to select those allowed to attend the second round of a hearing on a suit filed against the western Japan city and alleged bullies by the parents of a 13-year-old boy who committed suicide. The municipal government of Otsu told the district court that it is highly likely to admit that bullying lay behind the October 2011 suicide of the junior high school boy, reversing its previous stance.

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Sapporo teen jumps to his death

SAPPORO, Japan - Graffiti in August 2011 at an emergency stairway of an apartment building in Sapporo, Hokkaido in northern Japan, reads, ''Fall from here and die.'' A 13-year-old boy jumped to his death from the roof of the building on Aug. 30, 2011. Police are investigating if the graffiti has anything to do with the junior high school student's suicide.

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U.S. boy talks about N. Korea trip

BEIJING, China - Jonathan Lee, an American boy who has returned from a trip to North Korea, speaks at a press conference in Seoul on Aug. 20, 2010. The 13-year-old environmental activist said he had no chance to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.

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U.S. boy calls for 'peace forest' in N. Korea trip

BEIJING, China - Jonathan Lee, a 13-year-old American, gets into a car while surrounded by reporters in Beijing on Aug. 19, 2010, after returning from a one-week trip to North Korea. Lee said he pushed an idea to create a ''children's peace forest'' in the demilitarized zone that divides North and South Korea.

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Japanese boy invited to Chicago-N.Y. baseball game

CHICAGO, United States - Takuya Matsumoto (C), a 13-year-old Japanese boy who underwent a heart transplant at a Chicago hospital in April, shakes hands with New York Yankees' outfielder Hideki Matsui. Takuya was invited to a game between the Chicago White Sox and the Yankees at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago on June 6 by White Sox infielder Tadahito Iguchi (R).

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15-yr-old boy in Gifu held for allegedly killing girlfriend

NAKATSUGAWA, Japan - Photo taken at 5:54 p.m. on April 22 shows the vacant pachinko parlor building in Nakatsugawa, Gifu Prefecture, where a 15-year-old boy is suspected to have murdered his 13-year-old girlfriend.

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15-yr-old boy in Gifu held for allegedly killing girlfriend

NAKATSUGAWA, Japan - A police car carrying a 15-year-old boy suspected of murdering his 13-year-old girlfriend arrives at a vacant pachinko parlor building, the scene of the crime, in Nakatsugawa, Gifu Prefecture, on April 22.

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Police arrest 15-yr-old boy for allegedly killing Gifu girl

NAKATSUGAWA, Japan - Naoyasu Hayashi, chief of Nakatsugawa Police Station, announces at an early morning press conference on April 22 the arrest of a 15-year-old boy on suspicion of murdering a 13-year-old girl whose body was found at a vacant store in Nakatsugawa, Gifu Prefecture, two days after she was reported missing.

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Boy finds 15 mil. yen in cash floating in irrigation ditch

IWATSUKI, Japan - Hundreds of 10,000 yen and 1,000 yen notes are on display at the Iwatsuki Police Station after they were found afloat in an irrigation ditch in Hasuda, Saitama Prefecture, by a 13-year-old boy on Jan. 29. The boy, who was training with a junior baseball team, found the cache while following a foul ball. If the owner of the money is not found, it will go to the representative of the baseball team in six months in accordance with the law, an officer at the police station said.

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13-year-old impressionist emerges with works created on pandemic days

STORY: 13-year-old impressionist emerges with works created during pandemic days DATELINE: Aug. 28, 2022 LENGTH: 00:04:35 LOCATION: YANGON, Myanmar CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Bhone Myat San studying arts on YouTube 2. various of Bhone Myat San painting the Tharbar Gate 3. various of Bhone Myat San's paintings at his living room STORYLINE: With 48 impressionism works exhibited in his solo show in Yangon recently, Bhone Myat San, a 13-year-old boy, has stepped into a professional career in Myanmar. More than 30 paintings or about 70 percent of the paintings from the event were collected from a show on July 9 to 11 at the Artist Gallery Cafe in Yangon on the occasion of his 13th birthday, according to the gallery owner. "Staying at home during the pandemic, I have studied (through) painting lessons from YouTube and also joined a five-month online class about oil painting conducted by a Myanmar oil painter in 2021," said the young artist. "When my mom was transferred to Dawei in 2020 with dut

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Ukrainians camp out at train station on Hungary-Ukraine border

STORY: Ukrainians camp out at train station on Hungary-Ukraine border DATELINE: March 1, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:54 LOCATION: ZAHONY, Hungary CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the train station 2. various of Ukrainian at the train station 3. SOUNDBITE (English): ANNA DOBRINA, Mother of a 13-year-old boy STORYLINE: The small local train station in Zahony, a town on the Hungary-Ukraine border, was filled with Ukrainians - mostly women and children -- fleeing their country on Monday. They were waiting for trains to take them to other parts of Hungary or Europe. At the station's main entrance, humanitarian organizations, such as the International Red Cross, have set up tents to provide food, hot or cold beverages, and blankets to the stranded crowds. The station's parking lot was filled with vans, buses and cars as it was also a rendezvous point for those with relatives or friends in Hungary. A group of young women with their children were waiting for a car to be sent by their employer, a Frenc

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Boy finds 15 mil. yen in cash floating in irrigation ditch

IWATSUKI, Japan - Hundreds of 10,000 yen and 1,000 yen notes are on display at the Iwatsuki Police Station after they were found afloat in an irrigation ditch in Hasuda, Saitama Prefecture, by a 13-year-old boy on Jan. 29. The boy, who was training with a junior baseball team, found the cache while following a foul ball. If the owner of the money is not found, it will go to the representative of the baseball team in six months in accordance with the law, an officer at the police station said. (Kyodo)

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Japanese boy invited to Chicago-N.Y. baseball game

CHICAGO, United States - Takuya Matsumoto (C), a 13-year-old Japanese boy who underwent a heart transplant at a Chicago hospital in April, shakes hands with New York Yankees' outfielder Hideki Matsui. Takuya was invited to a game between the Chicago White Sox and the Yankees at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago on June 6 by White Sox infielder Tadahito Iguchi (R). (Kyodo)

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Suspected ringleader pleads guilty to Kawasaki teen murder

A woman offers prayers on Feb. 2, 2016, for the soul of Ryota Uemura, a 13-year-old boy whose body was found about a year earlier on the spot at a riverbank in Kawasaki, near Tokyo. The eldest of three teenagers charged over the killing of Uemura pleaded guilty to murder the same day at the Yokohama District Court. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Trial begins of suspected ringleader in Kawasaki teen murder

Flowers, planted after the murder of 13-year-old Ryota Uemura, blossom Feb. 2, 2016 at a riverbank in Kawasaki, near Tokyo, where his body was found about a year earlier. The trial of the suspected ringleader of a group of three teenagers charged over the killing of the boy began the same day at the Yokohama District Court. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Trial begins of suspected ringleader in Kawasaki teen murder

Flowers, planted after the murder of 13-year-old Ryota Uemura, blossom Feb. 2, 2016 at a riverbank in Kawasaki, near Tokyo, where his body was found about a year earlier. The trial of the suspected ringleader of a group of three teenagers charged over the killing of the boy began the same day at the Yokohama District Court. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Police arrest man over murder of 13-year-old Osaka girl

Photo shows Koji Yamada (C), who was arrested on Aug. 21, 2015, for allegedly abandoning the body of a 13-year-old girl who was found murdered in Osaka Prefecture. The high-profile case involves Natsumi Hirata, a junior high school student, and Ryoto Hoshino, a 12-year-old boy from the same junior high school who was also found dead. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Police arrest man over murder of 13-year-old Osaka girl

Photo shows Koji Yamada (C), who was arrested on Aug. 21, 2015, for allegedly abandoning the body of a 13-year-old girl who was found murdered in Osaka Prefecture. The high-profile case involves Natsumi Hirata, a junior high school student, and Ryoto Hoshino, a 12-year-old boy from the same junior high school who was also found dead. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Police poised to arrest man over murder of 13-year-old Osaka girl

Reporters gather in front of the Takatsuki police station in Osaka on Aug. 21, 2015, as the Osaka police obtained an arrest warrant for a man in his 40s for allegedly abandoning the body of a 13-year-old girl who was found murdered. The high profile case involves Natsumi Hirata, who went missing earlier in August with a boy from a same junior high school. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Police poised to arrest man over murder of 13-year-old Osaka girl

Reporters gather in front of the Takatsuki police station in Osaka on Aug. 21, 2015, as the Osaka police obtained an arrest warrant for a man in his 40s for allegedly abandoning the body of a 13-year-old girl who was found murdered. The high profile case involves Natsumi Hirata, who went missing earlier in August with a boy from a same junior high school. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Court to send 3 teens back to prosecutors over killing of 13-yr old boy

Flowers and messages are offered May 12, 2015, at the site where the body of Ryota Uemura, a 13-year-old boy, was found in February, on the bank of the Tama River in Kawasaki, near Tokyo. A family court decided the same day to send three teens back to prosecutors over Uemura's killing and they may be tried as adults depending on prosecutors' next move, sources close to the matter said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Court to send 3 teens back to prosecutors over of killing 13-yr old boy

A woman prays May 12, 2015, for the soul of Ryota Uemura, a 13-year-old boy, at the site where his body was found in February on the bank of the Tama River in Kawasaki, near Tokyo. A family court decided the same day to send three teens back to prosecutors over Uemura's killing and they may be tried as adults depending on prosecutors' next move, sources close to the matter said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Funeral service for murdered Kawasaki boy

Classmates and fellow students enter a funeral hall in Kawasaki on March 3, 2015, to attend a funeral service for Ryota Uemura, a 13-year-old boy found murdered the previous month on a riverbank in the city south of Tokyo. Three teens have been arrested in connection with the case. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Funeral service for murdered Kawasaki boy

Classmates and fellow students enter a funeral hall in Kawasaki on March 3, 2015, to attend a funeral service for Ryota Uemura, a 13-year-old boy found murdered the previous month on a riverbank in the city south of Tokyo. Three teens have been arrested in connection with the case. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Eldest of 3 teen suspects admits to killing Kawasaki boy

A man mourns on March 2, 2015, the death of Ryota Uemura, a 13-year-old boy whose body was found the previous month on a riverbank in Kawasaki, near Tokyo. The eldest of three male teenagers arrested in connection with the death of Uemura has admitted to killing the boy with a box-cutter, investigative sources said the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Eldest of 3 teen suspects admits to killing Kawasaki boy

People visit the spot on a riverbank in Kawasaki, near Tokyo where the body of Ryota Uemura, a 13-year-old boy, was found the previous month. Many flowers and basketballs have been left there as condolence offerings. The eldest of three male teenagers arrested in connection with the death of Uemura has admitted to killing the boy with a box-cutter, investigative sources said the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Eldest of 3 teen suspects admits to killing Kawasaki boy

A woman mourns on March 2, 2015, the death of Ryota Uemura, a 13-year-old boy whose body was found the previous month on a riverbank in Kawasaki, near Tokyo. The eldest of three male teenagers arrested in connection with the death of Uemura has admitted to killing the boy with a box-cutter, investigative sources said the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Police seek arrest warrants for 3 boys over teen's murder

Photo taken Feb. 27, 2015, in Kawasaki, near Tokyo, shows a riverbank where people have laid flowers for a murdered 13-year-old boy whose body was found there. Police have sought arrest warrants of three boys over the killing. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Police seek arrest warrants for 3 boys over teen's murder

Photo taken Feb. 27, 2015, in Kawasaki, near Tokyo, shows a riverbank where people have laid flowers for a murdered 13-year-old boy whose body was found there. Police have sought arrest warrants of three boys over the killing. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Man prays at site of boy's murder

A man offers flowers and prays on Feb. 25, 2015, for the soul of Ryota Uemura, a 13-year-old boy whose naked and stabbed body was found five days earlier on the spot on a riverbank in Kawasaki, just south of Tokyo. Police are investigating whether a group of people, believed to be boys, shown in video footage from a security camera located close to the spot was involved in the murder and are trying to identify them. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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15-yr-old boy in Gifu held for allegedly killing girlfriend

NAKATSUGAWA, Japan - A police car carrying a 15-year-old boy suspected of murdering his 13-year-old girlfriend arrives at a vacant pachinko parlor building, the scene of the crime, in Nakatsugawa, Gifu Prefecture, on April 22. (Kyodo)

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15-yr-old boy in Gifu held for allegedly killing girlfriend

NAKATSUGAWA, Japan - Photo taken at 5:54 p.m. on April 22 shows the vacant pachinko parlor building in Nakatsugawa, Gifu Prefecture, where a 15-year-old boy is suspected to have murdered his 13-year-old girlfriend. (Kyodo)

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Police arrest 15-yr-old boy for allegedly killing Gifu girl

NAKATSUGAWA, Japan - Naoyasu Hayashi, chief of Nakatsugawa Police Station, announces at an early morning press conference on April 22 the arrest of a 15-year-old boy on suspicion of murdering a 13-year-old girl whose body was found at a vacant store in Nakatsugawa, Gifu Prefecture, two days after she was reported missing. (Kyodo)

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Sapporo teen jumps to his death

SAPPORO, Japan - Graffiti in August 2011 at an emergency stairway of an apartment building in Sapporo, Hokkaido in northern Japan, reads, ''Fall from here and die.'' A 13-year-old boy jumped to his death from the roof of the building on Aug. 30, 2011. Police are investigating if the graffiti has anything to do with the junior high school student's suicide. (Kyodo)

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U.S. boy talks about N. Korea trip

BEIJING, China - Jonathan Lee, an American boy who has returned from a trip to North Korea, speaks at a press conference in Seoul on Aug. 20, 2010. The 13-year-old environmental activist said he had no chance to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. (Kyodo)

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Bullied Fukushima boy urges victims not to choose death

Photo taken Nov. 23, 2016, shows a venue in Yokohama where the parents of a 13-year-old boy who was bullied by classmates after evacuating from nuclear crisis-hit Fukushima held a press conference. The boy made public a message through his parents in which he urges young people suffering a similar ordeal not to consider death as the answer to their problems. Taking pictures of the press conference was not allowed. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo