Shellshocked, attacked, left to die – this is the reality for disabled people in Gaza | Jamal al Rozzi

We endured months of hell to get our son, who has cerebral palsy, out of danger. For most, there is no escaping the horror

When bombs fell around us in Gaza, my son Adham would become stone-like - unable to move, eat or sleep. Sometimes he was even unable to breathe.

Adham is 27 years old and has cerebral palsy. No human being should have to endure what the people of Gaza are being put through, but the feeling of desperation and sheer helplessness is even worse for people with disabilities, or who are sick. As a parent, it has been heart-wrenching to see the toll that this conflict has taken on Adham.

Jamal al Rozzi is executive director of the National Rehabilitation Society in the Gaza Strip