Enabling a child who is physically disabled to participate in a sport they love is the quickest way to restore their damaged self-esteem. For a child who has either lost a leg or who was born without ...

Surgeons report unprecedented numbers of limbs amputations among children in Gaza KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza (Reuters) - Eleven-year-old Noor's left leg was almost entirely torn off when her home in Jabalia, ...

A former surgeon is hoping to bring children who have lost their limbs in Gaza to the UK to fit them with prosthetics. Mark Couchman, from Plymouth not-for-profit organisation Limbs For Life, produces ...

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Five-year-old Sila Abu Aqlan curled her lip in concentration as she practiced walking for the first time on a prosthetic leg at a clinic in Gaza City. The foot of the new leg ...

Two young boys who survived Israeli airstrikes that left them orphaned and amputated have found comfort in each other's ...

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza (Reuters) - Eleven-year-old Noor's left leg was almost entirely torn off when her home in Jabalia, Gaza was hit by an explosion in October. Now her right leg, fitted with a heavy ...

Some hope for treatment abroad Some child amputees have been evacuated out of Gaza for treatment. But the pace of medical evacuations has remained slow, at a few dozen a day, and was reduced after ...