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Gaza amputees struggle to rebuild lives as the enclave faces shortages of prosthetic limbs
The World Health Organization estimates 5,000 to 6,000 amputees in Gaza, with 25% children, face severe prosthetic shortages and slow medical evacuations abroad.
- The World Health Organization estimates 5,000 to 6,000 amputees in the Gaza Strip, 25% of them children, as thousands face severe prosthetic shortages and long treatment delays.
- Clinic officials at the Artificial Limbs and Polio Center said almost no ready-made prosthetic limbs or materials entered Gaza, while a WHO representative blamed evacuation delays on few host countries.
- Haneen al-Mabhouh, amputee from Nuseirat, lost four daughters and had her right leg amputated; placed on a medevac list 10 months ago, she still awaits permission for external treatments.
- As of Dec. 1, 235 patients have been evacuated since the October ceasefire, averaging just under five a day, while Israel and Egypt disagree over opening the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt.
- The WHO reported about 42,000 injured Palestinians and said a recent shipment of prosthetic supplies entered Gaza—the first in two years—while local centers fitted roughly 250 limbs but face shortages.
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Gaza amputees struggle to rebuild lives as the enclave faces shortages of prosthetic limbs
The World Health Organization says Israel’s bombardment in Gaza for the past two years has left tens of thousands of Palestinians with life-changing injuries, including at least 6,000 people with amputations.
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Gaza: amputees face a long wait for healing as prosthetic shortages stall recovery
Confined to a wheelchair in her parents’ home, Haneen al-Mabhouh speaks quietly about the life she hopes to reclaim — the chance to walk again, to rebuild her family, to hold another child. For now, she says, everything is suspended. Without a leg and without access to further treatment, her future feels frozen.
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