Israel blocks wheelchairs for Gaza children
The gist
Over 900 Australian-donated wheelchairs for Gaza children are stuck in Jordan warehouses.
Gaza has the world's largest concentration of child amputees, and the chairs remain blocked.
How it unfolded
- Feb 2025Two shipments totaling 570 wheelchairs from New South Wales-based charity Kids on Wheels Alliance arrived in Jordan.
- Feb 2025The Jordan Hashemite Charity Organization submitted an application for the wheelchairs to be included in an aid convoy headed to Gaza; Israeli officials rejected it, saying medical equipment wouldn't be part of that shipment.
- Oct 2025A third shipment of 350 wheelchairs from Western Australia-based charity Wheelchairs for Kids arrived in Jordan.