But for an increasing number of Palestinians, including those who cannot hear the orders or whose mobility has been affected, these orders can be impossible for these orders. However, it could not cost to do this.
“In a normal situation, people with disabilities suffer the most. And in wartime the situation is of course further increased,” said Muhannad Salah al-Azzeh, member of the UN committee for the rights of persons with disabilities in a public dialogue this week in Geneva.
With the number of disabled people in Gaza that increases every day, Mr. Al-Azzeh said that the minimum safety level for people with disabilities is not maintained.
No replacements for a broken hearing aid
More than 83 percent of people with disabilities in Gaza do not have the tools they need, including wheelchairs, hearing aids and other tools. And for those who do that, the batteries that enable these devices are to work in a very short stock.
This makes it exponentially difficult – if not impossible – for them to gain access to health care and food.
This shortage is amid an increasing number of people with disabilities. The UN help and work -office in Palestine (Nerrente) estimates that one in four Gazans has a new handicap due to the war between Israeli troops and Hamas, which requires treatment and rehabilitation.
At least 35,000 people have “considerable hearing damage” as a result of repeated explosions. And Ammar Dwaik, director-general of the Palestinian Independent Commission for Human Rights, said that On average 15 children are new handicapped every day. According to some rights groups, Gaza has the largest number of children’s amputes in modern history.
But with more than 134,000 people who have suffered conflict-related injuries-of whom 40,500 children are the besieged and housed healthcare system do not keep track of.
“Hospitals, ambulances and medical and humanitarian staff are systematically focusedkilled with more than 1,580 health workers and 467 humanitarian employees, ” Nerrente noted.
Help out of reach
The search for life -saving help has become a life -threatening prospect for even the healthiest in Gaza. But for people with disabilities, according to Hector Sharp is almost impossible, a representative of UNRWA during the meeting in Geneva.
‘Awarding [the distribution points] And it must be difficult to physically compete for all Palestinians, but all the more for people with disabilities for whom Help is effectively placed out of reachSaid Mr. Sharp.
The Gaza Humanitarian Fund supported by the US and Israel has, for example, only a handful of distribution points in the Gaza Strip, because it bypasses all established UN and NGO operations, forcing people to walk long distances in the hope of receiving low-fat food.
If people with mobility disorders do not have families or friends who are willing to pick up help for them, they simply cannot achieve thisAccording to Mr. Al-Azzeh.
Important infrastructure destroyed
Since 1962, UNRWA has operated a rehabilitation center for the visually disabled people in the Gaza Strip. It was the only one of his kind and served more than 500 children at any time.
‘Today [the centre] is in ruinsSaid Mr. Sharp.
The destruction of other civil infrastructure in the entire strip – including schools and hospitals – hinders rehabilitation – efforts for people with disabilities and anchoring social exclusion.
The UNRWA representative in Geneva noted that the impact that schools will have on children with disabilities.
“For children with disabilities, the loss of inclusive education is deepened and places systematic inequalities and places an increased risk of lifelong social and economic exclusion,” he said.
Peace, the only answer
Despite the challenges, UNRWA has continued to grant serves to people with disabilities, including more than 53,000 sessions of physiotherapy and aids or rehabilitation services to 8,500 people since the start of the year.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), the Israeli authorities has called on to allow more supportive devices and technology, both for people with existing disabilities and those who maintain new ones in the midst of the continuous conflict.
He also evoked that medical evacuations are being expanded to allow people with disabilities to obtain vital, specialized care. But in the end, he said, is the only lasting solution to end the conflict.
“Peace is the only way to stop the suffering of Palestinians, including those with disabilities.”
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