Gaza baby born after mother killed in Israeli attack

A baby girl was born from a Palestinian’s womb and her husband and daughter were also killed in an Israeli attack in the Gaza city of Rafah, Palestinian health officials said. Overnight, intensive attacks in Rafah left 19 people dead.

They said two houses were attacked and the dead included 13 children from a family.

Mohammed Salama, a doctor caring for the baby, said the baby, who weighed 1.4 kilograms and was delivered by emergency caesarean section, was in stable condition and was gradually improving.

Her mother, Sabreen Al-Sakani, is 30 weeks pregnant.

The baby was placed in an incubator at Rafah Hospital with another baby, and tape on her chest read “Baby of Martyr Sabourin Sakani”.

Sakani’s uncle, Rami Al-Sheikh, said Sakani’s youngest daughter, Malak, was killed in the strike and wanted to name her new sister Rouh. Means spirit in Arabic. “The little girl Malak was so happy to have her little sister come into this world,” he said.

Salama, the doctor, said the baby would stay in the hospital for three to four weeks. “Then we will see her departure and where this child will go, to home, to aunts, uncles or grandparents. That is the greatest tragedy. Even if the child survives, she will be born an orphan,” he explain.

According to Palestinian health officials, 13 children were killed in an attack on the Abdul Al family’s second home. Two women also died during the strike.

When asked about the casualties in Rafah, an Israeli military spokesman said that multiple armed targets in Gaza were attacked, including military camps, launch stations and armed personnel.

“Did you see one person among all the victims?” said Saqr Abdel Aal, a Palestinian man whose family members were among the dead, as he looked at a wrapped body The corpse of a child shrouded in white mourns.

“All were women and children,” he said. “My whole identity was wiped out, my wife, my kids, everyone.”

Mohamed Behairi said his daughter and grandson were still under the rubble. “It’s a sad, depressing feeling, we have nothing to cry about in this life, how do we feel? When you lose your child, when you lose the person closest to you, how do you feel? ” He said.

“We’re trapped”

More than half of Gaza’s 2.3 million people have flocked to Rafah, seeking refuge from the Israeli offensive that has wreaked havoc on much of the Strip over the past six months.

Israel has threatened a ground offensive in the region, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying fighters from the militant group Hamas in the region must be eliminated to ensure Israel’s victory in the war.

US President Joe Biden has urged Israel not to launch a large-scale offensive against Rafah to avoid causing more casualties among Palestinian civilians.

Palestinian health authorities said More than 34,000 people killed in Israeli attacks, start after Hamas militants attack Israel on October 7According to Israeli statistics, approximately 1,200 people were killed and another 253 abducted.

The Palestinian Health Ministry said on Sunday that 48 Palestinians were killed and 79 injured in Israeli military strikes on the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours.

Palestinian civilian emergency services said rescue workers had recovered 60 bodies from Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis in the south of the enclave, weeks after Israeli forces withdrew from the medical center. Since April 12, the number of bodies exhumed from hospital yards has risen to 210.

The ministry said in a statement that there are still about 2,000 missing people under the rubble of Khan Younis and 1,000 missing people in the central Gaza Strip. Their bodies cannot be recovered due to a lack of heavy equipment and machinery to clear the rubble. .

The Israeli military had no immediate comment.

In the larger of the two Palestinian territories, the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Israel said its soldiers shot three Palestinians who attacked them, and the Palestinian Health Ministry said all three died. Violence has occurred frequently in the West Bank in recent days.