More than 42,000 Palestinians now live with life-changing injuries in Gaza

Around 42,000 Palestinians in Gaza now live with severe, life-changing injuries, almost double the figure recorded a year ago, according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, citing World Health Organization estimates.

• 22,500 cases had already been documented by July 2024, a number that has continued to climb as Israeli attacks persist.

• The most common injuries include complex limb trauma, amputations, burns, spinal cord and brain damage, many of them resulting in permanent loss of movement or sensation.

• The report recorded more than 5,000 amputations, with around 75 percent affecting the lower limbs.

Children remain among the hardest hit:

• More than 10,000 children now live with injuries causing long-term disability. One in four of those seriously wounded is a child

• Doctors Without Borders says 70 percent of burn patients requiring surgery were children, most of them under five, highlighting the brutality of injuries and the lack of supplies.