Injured and abandoned: hundreds of Gaza amputees left stranded in Egypt

At the peak of the Israel-Gaza conflict, 10 children a day were losing one or both legs. For those who cross the border for medical help, physical recovery is only the start of their struggle Ola Jamal, 36, was breastfeeding her two-month-old son, Zain, when the missile struck al-Nasr hospital in Gaza in November 2023. When the explosion hit the building, the shrapnel went through Jamal’s arm while she held her infant. “I ran with my family to the hospital and stayed there to hide,” she says ...

By Emre Çaylak in Cairo