In January, the aid agency Save the Children issued a report on the effects of Israel’s use of explosive weapons on children.
The group estimates that in 2024, an average of 475 children each month – or 15 children a day – were left with potentially lifelong disabilities, including amputated or severely injured limbs and hearing impairments.
These injuries, Save the Children adds, have been worsened due to the decimation of the health system and destruction of health facilities in Gaza, as well as the restricted flow and low availability of medicines, which has made treatment, therapeutic or rehabilitative care inside Gaza near impossible.
We invited Dr. Mimi Syed, a US-based emergency physician, back to The Electronic Intifada Podcast to talk about the current state of Gaza’s healthcare and how she and her medical colleagues are appealing to both US lawmakers and the United Nations to address the health catastrophe in Gaza. …..
