Gaza health authorities recently allowed sports clubs, gyms, mosques, restaurants and event halls to resume operations. About 80 adult amputees compete in their own soccer league. Many of them were injured in the conflict with Israel, according to the Palestine Amputee Football Association in Gaza. The association sponsors the league in partnership with the International Committee of the Red Cross, and the ICRC also provides uniforms and crutches.
“We are very happy we are restarting the amputee football activity, training and competitions,” said Ignacio Casares, the ICRC office director in Gaza. “Make no mistake, they are athletes, they have special abilities and they are somehow special as well as persons,” he said. Fouad Abu Ghalyoun, chairman of the Palestine Amputee Football Association, said the partnership with the ICRC helped in the amputees’ rehabilitation and re-engagement with the community.
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