Gaza amputees desperate to walk again amid medical delays: ‘my future is paralysed’

Sitting in her wheelchair, Haneen al-Mabhouh dreams of rebuilding her family, of cradling a new baby. She dreams of walking again. But with her leg gone, her life in Gaza is on hold, she says, as she waits to go abroad for further treatment.
An Israeli air strike in July 2024 smashed her home in central Gaza as she and her family slept. All four of her daughters were killed, including her five-month-old baby.
Her husband was severely burned. Al-Mabhouh’s legs were crushed under the rubble, and…