UN Says Gaza Has Most Child Amputees Per Capita Globally

Many have lost limbs and undergoing surgeries without even anaesthesia.

By Channels Television

Updated December 2, 2024

An Israeli soldier walks past national flags and portraits of Israeli people taken captive or killed by Hamas militants during the October 7 attacks, during a visit at the site where the Supernova music festival took place near Kibbutz Reim in southern Israel, on January 14, 2024, after 100 days of war between Israel and the militant Hamas group in Gaza. (Photo by Menahem KAHANA / AFP)

The United Nations said Monday that Gaza now has the highest number of child amputees per capita in the world, after more than a year of war between Israel and Hamas.

“Gaza now has the highest number of children amputees per capita anywhere in the world —- many losing limbs and undergoing surgeries without even anaesthesia,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in remarks read out by his deputy at a Cairo conference aimed to accelerate humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip.

AFP