Gaza girl, 6, who carried sister in viral video speaks to NBC News

Qamar Subuh carried her sister Sumaya home to Al Bureij after taking her to the hospital in central Gaza in a viral video that many felt underscored the impact Israel's assault has had on Palestinian children.

“I carried her because she couldn’t walk.”

Still barefoot but no longer wearily hauling her younger sister over her shoulders, 6-year-old Qamar Subuh has a straightforward explanation for an act that many felt underscored the impact felt by Palestinian children amid Israel’s assault on the Gaza Strip.

Video of Qamar carrying her injured sister to a hospital and back in central Gaza was shared widely across social media recently. An NBC News team spoke to the sisters and their family Saturday.

Qamar said she and Sumaya Subuh, 5, were on their way to sell boxes of biscuits near the Al Bureij refugee camp when Sumaya was struck by a car.

With Sumaya in need of treatment and unable to walk, Qamar slung her younger sister over her shoulders and carried her to the hospital. With no ambulances to take them home, Qamar said she picked her sister up again and walked barefoot in the sun for more than an hour to get back home, before a man offered to give them a lift.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/gaza-girl-carried-sister-injured-video-interview-rcna177547

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