Israel expanded its offensive against Hamas militants in besieged Gaza as international concern deepened over the mounting civilian death toll in a war sparked by the Palestinian militant group’s brutal October 7 terror attacks on southern Israel. The return to open warfare after a truce between Israel and Hamas broke down has had ripple effects around a region on the cusp of a wider conflagration. As the harrowing plight of civilians in war-torn Gaza enters into a new possibly deadlier chapter, Gaza’s disabled people find themselves completely powerless, caught in a war zone where the conditions for them are just simply horrendous
In a war zone, disabled people often ‘left behind’ with no access to aid, basic amenities
