Sign up to the MySalford newsletter to keep up with what's happening in and around the city She is only two-and-a-half years old.
But little Alta Fixsler, lying in a bed at Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, is at the centre of a political, moral and religious row involving countries across the world.
Born prematurely when her mum Chaya went into labour at 34 weeks, she suffered severe brain damage having been starved of oxygen.
Initially, doctors thought it unlikely she would survive more than a few hours. READ MORE: Heartbreak, sadness and joy - Life and death on Royal Bolton Hospital's children's ward Against all the odds she is still fighting for life.
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