Though the 15-month-long genocidal attacks on Gaza have reached a temporary halt with the recent ceasefire agreement, the devastation left in their wake is unimaginable.
Over 2 million people, including pregnant women and innocent children, have borne the brunt of this violence. Among these children, a significant number have been left as amputees, forever changed by the horrors they endured.
While the ceasefire has brought a measure of relief to the people of Gaza, it cannot undo the irreversible damage done - particularly the thousands of limbs lost by Palestinian children during the prolonged attacks, which some have described as an act of infanticide.
According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Palestinian children have been killed, starved, and frozen to death in the Gaza Strip.
Tom Fletcher, the UN Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, stated, "Children have been killed, starved, and frozen to death. They have been maimed, orphaned, and separated from their families." His words underscored the staggering impact on Gaza's youngest generation. In addition, UN statistics reveal that approximately 150,000 pregnant women and new mothers urgently need health services in Gaza.
In the wake of the ceasefire, two Pakistani siblings —10-year-old Ubaydah al-Fiddhah Hafiah and her 12-year-old brother Ghulam Bishar Hafi — have once again raised their voices for the voiceless amputee children of Palestine. Through a press release issued by their father and inspiration, Prof. Dr. Aurangzeb Hafi, they have announced the continuation of their campaign, "Voice for the Voiceless," to advocate for the children left in the aftermath of the conflict.
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