Can you imagine being disabled in Gaza in normal circumstances. The number of disabled persons in Gaza, Palestine now will now be at an all time high due the indiscriminate bombing and shooting of civilians. They need our help now more than ever!

SOME FACTS

• 130,000 People in the Gaza Strip living with permanent disabilities before the war.

• 21% Households in Gaza with at least one person with a disability before the war.

• 9,000 Number of children injured during the war, many of whom have lost limbs.

The fear of having to survive this war with a disability haunts almost everyone in the Gaza Strip. A report released last month by Handicap International revealed that the injuries Palestinians have sustained during the onslaught include fractures, peripheral nerve injuries, amputations, spinal cord and brain injuries, and burns.

Many of the 9,000 children injured in Gaza have been grappling with the loss of one or more limbs, according to the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF.