Jamila Al Habbash, 15, lost her legs from an unmanned Israeli drone, which also killed her sister and a cousin when they were playing.
PHR-IL
Shortly after the Israeli assault on Gaza ended last January, Physicians for Human Rights – Israel (PHR-IL) embarked on a campaign to obtain responsibility from the Israeli Ministry of Security for the treatment of Gaza civilians seriously injured during the assault.
According to estimates provided by health organizations such as the Palestinian Medical Relief Society (PMRS) and the Artificial Limb and Polio Center in Gaza, over 100 civilians lost limbs during or in the aftermath of the 23-day offensive which took place between December 2008 and January 2009.
PHR-Israel demanded that Israel cover the costs of rehabilitation and prosthetic limbs for three individuals specifically who had been injured during the offensive...
Amputees in Gaza are currently able to take advantage of only limited treatments, most of which are not suited to deal with cases requiring advanced technical expertise or technology.....
.. PHR-IL utilized emergency funds to cover the cost of treatment and rehabilitation for two of the four injured individuals featured in the letter.
The first, S. Z., is a 47-year-old woman who lives in the southern Al Ramal region of Gaza City. On January 15, 2009 at 8 a.m. a rocket was fired on to the roof of her apartment while she was upstairs in her children's room.... S.Z.'s leg was amputated on the spot, while her left leg remained seriously injured. S.Z. was transferred to Shifa' hospital, were she stayed for about a month, during which time her left leg was also amputated...
The second injured individual, G.A.E, a young man of 17, is a resident of the A- tufah neighborhood in Shujaiah in the eastern Gaza Strip. Close to 3 p.m. on March 1, 2008, G.A.E's house was hit by mortar fire from a nearby Israeli brigade stationed close to his home..... Immediately following the incident, G.A.E was rushed to Shifa' Hospital where his two legs were amputated, both above the knee... Full story
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