Attacks across Gaza intensify amid fear and hunger: ‘Leave me here,’ injured girl told fleeing family

‘Leave me here,’ injured girl tells fleeing family as attacks across Gaza escalate amid fear and hunger

A 14-year-old girl with cerebral palsy who depends on a wheelchair was among crowds fleeing Israeli military aircraft operations east of Rafah in Gaza, said committee member Muhannad Salah Al-Azzeh, who presented a report on the occupied Palestinian territories on Wednesday in Geneva. In the melee, she lost her wheelchair. “She was crawling on the […]

Attacks across Gaza intensify amid fear and hunger: ‘Leave me here,’ injured girl told fleeing family

Thousands of Palestinians have been caught in the crossfire while trying to escape attacks and dire food shortages in war-torn Gaza, with extraordinary challenges for some, according to latest reports from UN officials on the ground and the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.