Director of the Health Information Department Zaher Al-Wahid confirmed: “We have recorded 4,500 amputations as of the end of 2024 as a result of the ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip.”

Mohammad Abu Salmiya, Director of Al-Shifa Medical Complex, stated during a conference held to mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities at Nasser Medical Complex in southern Gaza that “the majority of those who have lost limbs are children.”