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Jordan’s Restoring Hope Society Provides Prosthetic Limbs to Gaza Amputees
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Core Event: Cross-border Prosthetic Program
More than 450 Palestinian amputees are receiving prosthetic limbs at a medical center in Amman, Jordan, under an initiative run by Jordan’s Restoring Hope Society. The program also supplies prostheses to patients still in Gaza, where the health system remains crippled after three years of conflict.
Personal Accounts of Injury
- Mahmoud Abou Nusair, 15 – According to his own account, he was looking for firewood in Deir al-Balah when a bullet struck his right leg on a date scheduled for October 31, 2025, during the ceasefire agreed that month. After the wound worsened, doctors amputated his foot below the knee.
- Zuhdi Abou Shanab, 17 – He lost his entire right leg in a strike on September 8, 2025 that the Israeli military says killed nine people and injured 28 others. He later underwent surgery to reattach severed arteries and veins, which failed, leading to amputation.
- Abdulrahman Rihan – The bombing of his family home in Jabalia on January 12, 2025 left him without the use of his legs. He and his father endured multiple painful surgeries, and his father, Imad Rihan, 42, also lost his left leg after undergoing surgeries without anesthetic.
Official Statements & Responses
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) asserts that it fires only at targets that threaten troops stationed in the Gaza Strip. Israel adds that it aims to strike structures used by terror operatives while minimizing civilian harm, including issuing warnings before attacks. The IDF has denied accusations that its operations cause significant collateral damage.
Verbatim Quotes
- “A week later, the doctors told me that I was suffering from an infection in the artery in my leg and that three veins and three arteries in my leg had been severed,” — Abou Shanab
Data & Statistics
- Over 450 Palestinian amputees are currently enrolled in the prosthetic program.
- The September 8, 2025 strike reported nine fatalities and 28 injuries.
- The January 12, 2025 bombing resulted in multiple family members sustaining severe limb injuries.