Life after amputation: Gaza women find recovery through football

Middle East Health Sun, 19 Jul 2026 17:07:56 GMT Moderate confidence — 67/100

On a small football field in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza, a blast of cheers and laughter rises above the eerie silence of Israel’s ongoing genocide.
On the pitch, one of the few to survive the war so far, a group of young women with artificial limbs pass the ball across the artificial turf playing surface.
They are part of a team of young Palestinian women who have lost limbs in Israeli bombing or had body parts amputated after life-crippling injuries.

On a small football field in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza, a blast of cheers and laughter rises above the eerie silence of Israel’s ongoing genocide.
On the pitch, one of the few to survive the war so far, a group of young women with artificial limbs pass the ball across the artificial turf playing surface.
They are part of a team of young Palestinian women who have lost limbs in Israeli bombing or had body parts amputated after life-crippling injuries.

Sources: Al Jazeera