Gaza child amputees learn to swim in Khan Younis
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- Amputee children in Khan Younis are learning to swim through a program designed to help them rebuild confidence and mobility after devastating war injuries.
- Gaza has an estimated 4,000 child amputees since the war began — the highest number of child amputees per capita in the world, per the source.
Why it matters: With an estimated 4,000 child amputees in Gaza since the war began — the highest per capita globally — rehabilitation initiatives like the Khan Younis swimming program are responding to a mass pediatric injury crisis, not isolated cases. The scale reframes mobility restoration from individual therapy to systemic reconstruction need.
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