Shocking are the details of the disabled rights committee (CDPH), a UN service, which said over 21,000 children to Gauze strip They live with a disability caused by the war between Israel and Hamas since October 7, 2023.
In particular, the United Nations Committee clarifies that disabled children are the majority of children injured in the Gaza Strip.
Overall, About 40,500 children suffered from “wounds caused by war” It lasts almost two years, the committee consisting of experts clarified and convened twice a year in Geneva.
The Israel, According to the committee, must take special measures to protect disabled children from attacks and apply evacuation protocols that take into account disabled people.
As, the CDPH estimates Israeli discharge commands in the gauze ‘often do not reach’ people who have acoustic or visual disabilitiessomething that “makes evacuation impossible”.
Experts also talk about “disabled people who are forced to escape dangerous and inappropriate conditions, such as crawling in the sand or mud without mobility”.
The committee states that At least 83% of disabled people have lost their auxiliary equipment And that the majority are not able to find alternatives such as donkeys.
Natural obstacles, such as the ruins of buildings or infrastructure, and the loss of mobility aids, also prevent these people from reaching new distribution points.
Experts are concerned that aids such as wheelchairs, walkers, sticks, splints and other prosthetic members whose Israeli authorities consider to be “dual -use objects” are not included in assistance missions.
The committee also said that the restrictions on humanitarian aid entering the Gaza Strip had a disproportionate impact on the disabled people many of which ‘stay without food, drinking water or hygiene facilities, and depend on others for their survivalยป.
The Commission has called on the delivery of “mass humanitarian aid to disabled people” affected by the war, insisting that all sides must take measures to protect disabled in order to avoid “new violence, prejudices, deaths and deprivation of rights”.
According to the committee, At least 157,114 people have been injured, of which At least 25% are at risk of suffering some kind of disability for their entire livesfrom October 7, 2023 to August 21, 2025.