An Israeli attack on her shelter caused the amputation of both of Nibal’s hands, forcing her to lose the thing she held most dear: the ability to hold her young daughter. Her story is one of hundreds of amputee women in Gaza.

Nebal al-Hissi and her daughter, Rita, November 2025. (Photo: Saja Nael Al-Louh for Mondoweiss)An Israeli attack on her shelter caused the amputation of both of Nebal’s hands, forcing her to lose the thing she held most dear: the ability to hold her young daughter. Her story is one of hundreds of amputee women in Gaza.

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