Israeli blockade prevents access to vital care for Gaza's amputees

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Child amputee Omar Halawa stated that his life in Gaza is worse than before the war, having lost cousins and a limb after an Israeli tank shelling incident while fetching water. Thousands of Palestinian amputees, including Omar, face a critical lack of rehabilitation treatment and prosthetic limbs due to Israel's blockade preventing essential materials from entering the Gaza Strip.

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"My life is worse than before the war," Omar Halawa, a Palestinian child amputee from Gaza told Middle East Eye. "Everything I used to do, I can't do anymore," the young boy said, who was injured after an Israeli tank shelled him and his cousins while they were fetching water for their family.

Israeli blockade prevents access to vital care for Gaza's amputees

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