Photo: Illustrative photo of deaf Palestinian children playing at a rehabilitation foundation for deaf children, in Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip. January 18, 2015. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
Jerusalem medical center carries out 16 cochlear implant surgeries as part of Peres Center for Peace project
By Times of Israel staff
February 19, 2017, 5:04 pm
The Times of Israel
Sixteen deaf Palestinian children were able to hear for the first time after undergoing a procedure at an Israeli hospital to repair their hearing, Hebrew media reported Saturday.
The operations to repair the children
