At least 22,500 people in the embattled Gaza Strip require medical rehabilitation measures that could take years, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday. According to an analysis by the Geneva-based WHO, the immense demand for therapies, prosthetics and walking aids cannot be adequately met. “We urgently need assistance in the area of rehabilitation,” WHO representative Richard Peeperkorn said in a video call from the Gaza Strip. “We cannot wait before there is a ceasefire and peace arrangement.” The figures cited by the WHO refer to severe injuries from the start of the war in t…