The family of Ranem Abu Izneid say she was struck by shrapnel in her student apartment in the West Bank.
Ranem Abu Izneid , 20, suffered severe injuries after being struck by shrapnel that flew through the window of her student accommodation during an alleged military raid in the West Bank .Ms Abu Izneid was flown to Melbourne, where she will have surgery to see if her eye can be saved.Doctors in Melbourne are trying to save the vision of an Australian student who was injured during an alleged military raid in the West Bank .
The Abu Izneid family was assisted in getting the injured student to Melbourne by the Palestinian Australian New Zealand Medical Association . The family said Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs helped evacuate Ms Abu Izneid from the West Bank to Jordan but did not assist with admitting her to hospital or transferring her to Melbourne.
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