A 72 hour ceasefire is due to end tonight in Gaza with little hope of progress indicated by the different parties but a lull in combat does not mean the work to deal with the casualties of the conflict ceases.
Maha Al-Sheikh Khalil is seven years old and lost her pregnant mother and two sisters in Israeli shelling three weeks ago. She herself is now paralysed from the neck down and is currently in the Al Shifa hospital in Gaza.
Newstalk's Shona Murray has been to visit Maha and you can hear her full account later this morning on the Breakfast show.
Here Maha's doctor talking about her current condition:
We also hear about the aftermath of the attack on Maha's house:
Maha tells her translator that she cries all the time, asking for her mother and sisters:
Her doctor discusses her prognosis:
The question of getting Maha help at a foreign hospital has been raised and her doctor discusses some of the obstacles to treatment abroad:
