Two-year-old Shamm Qudeih was evacuated from Gaza to Italy for treatment of severe malnutrition worsened by a rare genetic disease.

The toddler has gained from 9 to 12 pounds since arriving emaciated at a Naples hospital in August.

The journalist who captured her final photos in Gaza was among 22 people killed in an Israeli strike days later.

NAPLES, Italy — Since arriving emaciated in Italy from Gaza, little Shamm Qudeih has celebrated her second birthday and gained weight on a new diet that includes a special porridge — progress welcomed by doctors treating her for severe malnutrition worsened by a genetic metabolic disease.

Just weeks ago, the toddler wasskin and bones as she clung to her mother in a hospital in southern Gaza, after months of being unable to get the food and treat

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