Gaza amputees share lost dreams and hope while receiving prosthetics in Jordan

Mahmoud Abou Nusair, a 15-year-old from Deir al-Balah, was struck in the right leg by a bullet on October 31, 2025 and later underwent a below-knee amputation after his wound worsened. Seventeen-year-old Zuhdi Abou Shanab lost his whole right leg in a strike on September 8, 2025 that killed nine people; failed attempts to repair damaged arteries and veins led to amputation. Sixteen-year-old Abdulrahman Rihan lost the use of his legs when his family home in Jabalia was bombed on January 12, 2025, and his father Imad Rihan also sustained a serious leg injury. The three youths, along with other Palestinian amputees, are receiving prosthetic limbs and rehabilitation at a centre in Amman operated by the Restoring Hope Society, and they each express hopes of returning to Gaza despite the trauma they have endured.