Heart-rending moment one-armed Gaza orphan, five, arrives in the US for medical treatment with his aunt after his parents, siblings and grandparents were killed in airstrike

Heart-rending footage captured the moment a one-armed Gazan orphan was in floods of tears as he arrived in the US for medical treatment. 

Omar Abukwaik, 5, suffered severe injuries including the loss of his arm in an Israeli airstrike that killed his family and grandparents in December. 

After receiving urgent care in Egypt, Omar's aunt was able to transport him over to America through her charity, the Global Medical Relief Fund, where he is set to undergo several more surgeries including being fit for a prosthetic arm. 

Speaking of helping him past the horrors he survived, she told CBS News: 'These are innocent children that have absolutely no resources.' 

He is among thousands of Palestinian refugees displaced by the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, with a new immigration law pushed by President Biden this month halting the deportation of over 6,000, accordi ng to the New York Times. 

Omar Abukwaik, 5, broke down in floods of tears as he arrived in the US for urgent medical help this week 

The five-year-old suffered severe injuries including the loss of his arm in an Israeli airstrike that killed his entire family (pictured) and grandparents in December

Although the child miraculously survived the airstrike, he sustained severe injuries to his face, leg and arm and has undergone a number of surgeries and skin grafts 

The little boy flew into New York's JFK Airport this week from Cairo, after his aunt Elissa Montanti cut through red tape to get him the urgent healthcare he needs.

His whole family were killed in an airstrike on Gaza in December, as Israel mounted its counter-offensive against Hamas' October 7 terrorist attacks. 

Human rights organizations have condemned the high civilian casualties in Gaza, including over 7,000 children, that have resulted from the airstrikes, including the impact on families such as Omar's. 

While his mother, father, grandparents and two young siblings were killed, Omar miraculously survived, but suffered severe injuries including leg wounds, burns, and the amputation of his left arm. 

He initially received the urgent care in Cairo, Egypt, where he is set to return in a few weeks, but he still required further trauma treatment. 

Thanks to his aunt's charity, Omar has been able to be seen by American healthcare specialists on the East Coast - while also enjoying a few brief moments of childhood such as experiencing snow for the first time. 

While he is set to return to Egypt, Omar's stay in America gave him the chance to enjoy his childhood again - as he is pictured experiencing snow for the first time 

His aunt Elissa Montanti (pictured), the director of the Global Medical Relief Fund, said: 'It's just important, very important, to empower a child for who so much has been taken away from them' 

Montanti said her charity has helped similarly stricken children from over 60 nations suffering war or natural disasters. 

For her nephew, she partnered with Shriners Children's Hospital in Philadelphia to facilitate his care, and the five-year-old is being fitted for a prosthetic arm. 

One of his doctors told CBS News: 'The fact that Omar was able to be brought here is good for Omar.'

'If he stayed in Gaza or stayed in Egypt, who knows,' he continued. 'I don't know what would have happened.' 

Omar's recovery is expected to take several weeks, with his aunt praising how the US was able to offer medical treatment for the injured child.

'It's very important and it's empowerment,' Montanti said.

'You're giving them back their youth when they're this small, and their integrity. It's just important, very important, to empower a child for who so much has been taken away from them.' 

But before he went back across the Atlantic, his aunt gave him one last chance to be a child in America as he enjoyed a day out at a children's museum. 

The child's help comes as Israel has continued its siege on Gaza, with four women and a child among eight injured by another airstrike on Sunday.

People gather in front of a building destroyed in the Rafah airstrike on February 24. At least eight people were killed

Palestinians help an injured man following the bombing in Rafah. Four women and a child were said to have been killed

Hamas claims IDF attacks have left 92 Palestinians dead in the last 24 hours.

It was also reported that the overall death toll in nearly five months of the war has risen to 29,606 and the total number of wounded has risen to nearly 70,000.

The number comes from the health ministry in Hamas-ruled Gaza, which doesn't distinguish between civilians and combatants, it has said two-thirds of those killed were children and women. 

Meanwhile, Israel claimed its troops have killed more than 10,000 Hamas fighters, but hasn't provided details.

More than 100 hostages remain in captivity in Gaza.