Gaza baby rescued from mother’s womb killed in Israeli attack

The baby born by emergency caesarean section weighed 1.4 kilograms. His condition is stable and his condition is gradually improving.

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.

Palestinian baby girl rescued from mother’s womb killed in Israeli attack
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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, an attack on the second home of Abdul Al’s family killed 13 children. 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 say Israeli attacks have killed more than 34,000 people, and according to Israeli statistics, Hamas militants attacked Israel on October 7, killing about 1,200 people and kidnapping 253 others.

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.

In the larger of the two Palestinian territories in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Israel said two Palestinians were shot dead by Israeli soldiers on Sunday as they tried to stab them. The Palestinian Health Ministry said both people had died.

Gaza City resident Abu Jihad, who has taken refuge with his family in Rafah, said he fears that unless a ceasefire is reached, the Israelis will invade Rafah and he will have to flee again. “We are trapped and everyone is waiting for his turn to die,” said Abu Jihad, reached by phone.

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