The conflict that plagues the Gaza Strip since last October 2023 has turned the life of the Gazatis into a torture in which fear, death and destruction has become customary, especially for children and vulnerable peoplewho suffer the most the consequences of war.
According to a UN Committee report, At least 21,000 children in Gaza They have suffered some type of disability since the beginning of the conflict and this figure, at least a quarter suffer “permanent deficiencies.” In addition, as it details, its situation is so vulnerable and serious that many of them suffer “psychological stress, depression, panic attacks, continuous crying and trauma.”
This problem is further aggravated due to the collapse of the care systems of disabled people in the strip, which makes care of this type of people impossible and increases the probability of their death. In fact, this factor has many times to practice limb amputations without anesthesia. In this sense, It is estimated that 94% of hospitals in Gaza have been destroyed, So this factor, added to the lack of personnel, further complicates their situation and can even increase the level of disability of those affected.
This not only complicates the situation of the disabled Gazati children as a result of the war, but also of those who before the conflict already had a disability. In fact, while Before there were capacity for about 52,000 disabled people, now there is only a place for about 2,500which means a violation of the rights of much of the population.
Another of the keys is the added difficulty of these people to face the war, since many of them suffer a “Routine exclusion” in the operations of distribution of humanitarian aid or even abuse in the detention centers of Israel, as reported EFE.
