Amputees among Gaza's tens of thousands of wounded face tough choices

(26 Dec 2023) Gaza's more than 54,500 wounded include a growing number of amputees. Health officials say overwhelmed hospitals at times had to amputate limbs, which in normal times could have been saved. In other cases, the severe nature of the injuries meant some limbs needed to be removed as soon as possible to prevent death from blood poisoning. (Dec. 26) (AP video Abd Al Kareem Hana, producer Wafaa Shurafa) Subscribe for more Breaking News: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Website: https://apnews.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP Facebook: https://facebook.com/APNews Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ ​ This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home