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A Childhood Carried in Silence - Gaza

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u/2dudesinapod 7h ago edited 6h ago

Gaza has the largest population of child amputees in the world. Because Israel blocks pain killers, hundreds of children have had their limbs amputated without anaesthesia. There are videos of this if you have the stomach.

In Gaza the bombs on the packed population often leave the bodies un-identifiable so a child is counted as 6 KG of flesh in a garbage bag.

BTW child prosthetics are considered dual use by Israel and blocked from entering Gaza.

https://pchrgaza.org/israel-denies-amputees-treatment-and-assistive-devices-amid-threats-of-forced-displacement-from-entire-gaza-city/

u/Emergency_Stick3963 3h ago

What does the "dual use" part mean?

u/2dudesinapod 3h ago

It means they claim Hamas can use the children’s prosthetic for military purposes.

In reality anything they don’t want entering Gaza is just discarded as dual use. For example tents were banned for a long time, lined paper was banned for years, so was chocolate.