Doctors told the Sky News team in Gaza how they saved the life of an unborn baby even as her mother was dying from head injuries.
Palestinians in Rafah are reeling from a series of devastating Israeli airstrikes that have killed 22 people – including 18 children.
The last 48 hours, horrific even by Gaza’s standards, are an indicator of what may follow in any Israeli Rafah offensive.
Doctors told the Sky News team in Gaza how they saved the life of an unborn baby even as her mother was dying from head injuries.
“We tried to rescue the patient,” Dr Ahmad Fawzi said.
“We realised that she was pregnant.
“We had to do an emergency caesarean to save the baby.
“Thanks to God, we managed to save the baby.”
The little girl lies in an incubator.
She has no name but there is tape attached to her hand with writing that says: “The baby of the martyr Sabreen al Sakani.”
The baby’s mother Sabreen, her father Shoukri, and three-year-old sister Malak all died in the Israeli airstrike.
Her uncle says he will care for her now.
Israel’s military says it “struck several military targets of the terrorist organisations in Gaza including military compounds, launch posts and armed terrorists”.
Also in Rafah, another airstrike killed 17 children and two women all from the same extended family, say Palestinians.
There were heartbreaking scenes at the hospital as relatives mourned the children being placed in body bags.
A relative, Umm Kareem, told how the children were killed as they slept in their beds, saying: “These children were sleeping. What did they do? What was their fault?
“Pregnant women at home, sleeping children, the husband’s aunt is 80 years old.
“What did this woman do? Did she fire missiles? We complain about our concerns to God.”
The strikes, all in Rafah, have provoked unusually sharp criticism of Israel by the UK government.
Source: https://news.sky.com/story/baby-saved-from-womb-of-mother-killed-in-israeli-strike-13120661