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Gaza amputees severely struggle to rebuild lives amid prosthetic limbs shortage
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- Gaza amputees face slow medical evacuations and limited access to abroad treatment despite a ceasefire, leaving thousands waiting for essential care.
- Gaza has a critical prosthetics gap: only eight prosthetists to fit artificial limbs, and shipments of supplies remain rare since the war began.
- Haneen al-Mabhouh, who lost her leg and four daughters in 2024, remains unable to walk and depends on others for basic tasks as she waits for treatment abroad.
- About 42,000 Palestinians have suffered war injuries requiring prosthetics and rehabilitation, highlighting a large, ongoing need for assistive devices.
- MAP and Gaza health officials warn that shortages and delays in prosthetic services threaten mobility and independence for amputees.
- The ceasefire offers only marginal steps toward external treatment, with crossings like Rafah remaining politically contested and uncertain.
- International support is urged to expand prosthetic services, with MAP and Gaza health officials stressing the urgency of scaling up capacity.
- Young amputees like Yassin Marouf (23) and Mohamed al-Naggar (21) describe daily life struggles, from inability to move freely to urgent travel abroad for life-changing surgeries.
- Gaza’s rehabilitation system is strained; assistive products like wheelchairs, walkers, and crutches remain in short supply amid ongoing conflict.
- Without rapid expansion of prosthetic services, amputees risk prolonged disability and worsening economic hardship, including challenges to rebuilding families.
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