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MARGINALIZED AMID WAR

During the war, people with disabilities forced to choose between warzones and unequipped shelters

The country's displacement shelters — mostly makeshift spaces — lacked the resources to accommodate people with physical disabilities, resulting in at least three deaths in government-run facilities.

During the war, people with disabilities forced to choose between warzones and unequipped shelters

Illlustration by Jaimee Lee Haddad

“I left my home after the airstrike, blood on my feet. I couldn't take anything from the house … not even the crutches that helped me walk.”Fatima Harmoush, one side of her body paralyzed by a childhood battle with polio, was in her home in...
“I left my home after the airstrike, blood on my feet. I couldn't take anything from the house … not even the crutches that helped me walk.”Fatima Harmoush, one side of her body paralyzed by a childhood battle with polio, was in her home in...