“I was going to buy falafel,” explains Mohammed Hassan. “On the way back, I looked up and I saw a rocket heading for me. I tried to run, but it was too fast. I found myself pinned to the wall, and my foot had been breathtaking. »»
Bring to Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, the young boy looks at his highly bandaged left leg and the stump where his foot was.
In another area of the hospital, a small child, Maryam Abu Alba, cries in pain. “The neighbor’s house was bombed and their house was affected,” said her grandmother. “One of his legs had to be amputated and the metal plates had to be inserted into the other, which was fractured. She suffers intense. “
Earlier this year, the United Nations Humanitarian Aid Coordination Agency Ochha estimated that 4,500 new amputees require prostheses, in addition to the 2,000 existing cases requiring maintenance and monitoring care, while around 24,000 injured need rehabilitation.
Health establishments are overwhelmed by many patients undergoing several surgical interventions without adequate medical supplies, including anesthesia.
The Palestinian child Mohammad Hassan seated on a hospital bed in Gaza after the amputation of his left leg by a strike.
Look desperately food
In May, like the supply routes for the United Nations humanitarian convoys were interrupted, the number of distribution aid points increased from 400 strewn through the Gaza Strip to a handful of centers operated by Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.
Given the shortage of humanitarian aid and reduced capacity, thousands of Palestinians have been killed or injured since May when looking for food. Among the injured are the children and parents who, despite the loss of members, continue to seek food and water.
It comes like a Sustained food security report has just concluded that famine is confirmed in the governorate of Gaza, where half a million people are trapped in conditions of famine, malnutrition and death.
Ibrahim Abdel Nabi was one of the many Palestinians who went to the hubs in the hope of finding desperately necessary arrangements for their families.
In his tent in a travel site in the Al-Mawasi coastal region of Khan Younis, Mr. Nabi, surrounded by his wife and children, explains how the trip ended with a disaster and injuries that changed their life.
“When I arrived in the Al-Alam region, west of Rafah, I was struck by an explosive ball in my leg. I was bleeding for about an hour and a half, and no one came to help me. They all tried to find food for their children. ”
Finally, a group of people came to his rescue and took him to the neighboring Red Cross hospital.
“I stayed there for about a month and a half, undergoing around 12 operations. I became malnourished and I lost a lot of blood. An infection, and more of my leg had to be amputated. ”
Ibrahim Abdel Nabi, a Palestinian moved to Gaza, sitting on a chair while his wife helps him carry the prosthetic member handmade.
‘I made my prosthetic leg’
As Mr. Nabi was trying to recover, he knew that his family still needed food. Despite the pain, he decided to make a simple prosthesis of the materials he could find to allow him to get back on their feet and make new attempts to find food and water.
“The prosthesis hurts my leg,” he said. “This causes inflammation and increases pain. We do not have medical care or supplies, but I will use it, no matter how much it hurts. ”
While he is talking, Mr. Nabi’s wife begins to cry. “God wants it, we will live this experience,” she says.
Mr. Nabi gets up on crutches and heads for a neighboring tent, where his wife helps him put the raw prosthesis.
“Do not try,” she repeats again and again. “Take your time. Walk slowly. “
Originally published at Almouwatin.com
