Israel restricting treatment for 1,100 child amputees in Gaza: NGO
Israeli restrictions on travel and medical evacuations prevent children in Gaza from being treated abroad.
Israel is restricting child amputees in Gaza from seeking treatment abroad, a human rights organisation has claimed.
The Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said that Israeli restrictions on travel also include medical evacuations, preventing hundreds of children from seeking specialised treatment abroad.
The monitor reported on Wednesday that 1,134 children in Gaza had undergone limb amputations due to Israeli attacks, but few are receiving the long-term medical care they need.
“Continued denial of treatment, rehabilitation, and appropriate education risks turning the harm these children face now into lifelong deprivation,” the organisation warned.