Italian photojournalist Gabriele
Micalizzi, who was injured on the front lines of the battle
between ISIS and Kurdish forces in eastern Syria on February 11,
arrived back Italy on Sunday evening on a military aircraft in
an operation coordinated by the Italian foreign ministry.
Micalizzi, 34, arrived in Milan from a US military hospital
in Baghdad, where he had been transferred after he was hit by
shards from an RPG rocket, and is now being treated at Milan's
San Raffaele Hospital.
Initial reports said Micalizzi had lost vision in his left
eye, but later he told doctors he could still see.
However, parts of two fingers of his right hand had to be
amputated, his left arm is fractured, and he has temporarily
lost hearing in his left ear.
Micalizzi is one of the best-known Italian war photographers,
having worked on the front lines of conflicts for nearly a
decade, and his photos have been published in many international
publications including the New York Times, the New Yorker, and
the Wall Street Journal.
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