Saud Abu Ramadan

In this Sept. 10, 2018, photo, patients with leg injuries they attained during demonstrations, gather outside a clinic run by MSF (Doctors Without Borders) in Gaza City. Ever since Hamas launched demonstrations in March against Israel’s blockade of Gaza, children have been a constant presence in the crowds. Since then, U.N. figures show that 948 children under 18 have been shot by Israeli forces and 2,295 have been hospitalized, including 17 who have had a limb amputated. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) XFD505 XFD505

December 9, 2018 at 9:56 am

In Gaza, maimed legs are a badge of honor-until reality sets in

In the past nine months, about 6,500 Gazans have been shot in the leg at demonstrations, and 500 have been permanently disabled. Amnesty International said...