‘He will call me Mama’: The Gaza ‘grandmother’ raising an orphaned baby
Maha was ‘Grandmother’ in her family until she adopted Hamza, born the day an Israeli air strike killed his parents.
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![Soni, 2, rests in her mother Abida’s arms as fever keeps her weak and restless.Abida, originally from Assam, has lived on Delhi’s streets since childhood.Two of her children were killed last year when a speeding car ran over them while the family was asleep near the Hazrat Nizamuddin roadside. [Suhail Bhat/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/3-1773832328.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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Published On 10 Dec 2025
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