Ali and Ahmed enter rehabilitation centre

AN Iraqi boy who lost both arms in the Gulf War had his first appointment at the hospital rehabilitation centre where he is expected to be fitted with state-of-the-art prosthetic arms worth around £20,000.

Ali Abbas, aged 13, won the sympathy of millions around the world after being injured in an American bombing raid early in the war, which also killed both his parents.

Ali and Ahmed Mohammed Hamza, aged 14, who lost his left leg below the knee and his right hand in a US bombardment, attended their first appointments at the rehabilitation centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Roehampton, South London.