{
  "id": 8904697,
  "title": "Iraq tragedy: Four-year-old girl dies after rescue from 20-metre well",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/iraq-tragedy-four-year-old-girl-dies-after-rescue-from-20-metre-well",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-21T09:52:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/world/mena/iraq-tragedy-four-year-old-girl-dies-after-rescue-from-20-metre-well-1.500682217"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In a tragic turn of events, a four-year-old Iraqi girl named Hajar lost her life after being rescued from a 20-metre-deep well in Nineveh Governorate on Monday. The girl had fallen into an open well located in Al Sharayea village, Al Kuwair subdistrict, southeast of Mosul. Civil Defence teams immediately initiated an intensive rescue operation to save the child from the perilous situation. Specialist teams worked tirelessly to reach Hajar, who was found trapped approximately 20 metres below the surface. Once pulled from the well, the young girl was rushed to the hospital for urgent medical attention. As relief washed over the community following her successful rescue, Hajar's condition rapidly deteriorated, and she tragically passed away while being transported to the hospital. The incident prompted an outpouring of sorrow and grief as news of her untimely death spread, following the hours of anxious efforts by rescuers to save her life.",
  "summary": "Dubai: A four-year-old Iraqi girl died after being rescued alive from a 20-metre-deep well in Nineveh Governorate on Monday, turning relief over her successful rescue into tragedy. The girl, identified as Hajar, had fallen into an open well in Al Sharayea village in the Al Kuwair subdistrict, southeast of Mosul, prompting an intensive rescue operation by Civil Defence teams. Get updated faster…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}