Doctors at Al Awda Hospital in the Gaza Strip They managed to save the life of a newborn after performing an emergency cesarean section on his mother, who died from injuries sustained in an Israeli bombing.
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Ola Adnan Harb al Kurd, nine months pregnant, is one of more than 24 victims of the attacks that occurred early Saturday morning.
The tragedy occurred in Nuseirat camp, where Al Kurd was seriously injured. “When she arrived at the hospital, she was almost dead,” said surgeon Akram Hussein. Despite efforts, the mother’s life could not be saved. However, a quick ultrasound revealed that the baby’s heart was still beating, which led doctors to perform urgent surgery to extract the infant.
The baby, whose condition was initially critical, has shown signs of recovery after receiving oxygen and intensive care, said Raed al Saudi, head of the obstetrics and gynecology department. He was later transferred in an incubator to Al Aqsa hospital in Deir el Balah for further treatment.
Doctors were unable to save the mother, but they performed an ultrasound which detected the baby’s heartbeat. They performed an emergency Caesarean section “and extracted the foetus,” the surgeon told AFP.
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Other victims
This incident adds to the painful list of human losses in the region; in the same bombing, two other women and a child lost their lives. Al Kurd’s husband was also injured in the attack. Israel has not yet confirmed any individual attacks, although it maintains that its military operations are targeting “terrorist infrastructure” in the area.
The conflict between Israel and Hamas has escalated since Oct. 7, when Islamist commandos killed 1,195 people, mostly civilians, and kidnapped 251 in southern Israel, according to a tally based on official Israeli data.
The Hamas-run health ministry in the Gaza Strip announced on Saturday that 38,919 people have died in the Palestinian territory since the start of the war.
The conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza erupted on October 7, when Islamist commandos killed 1,195 people, mostly civilians, and kidnapped 251 in southern Israel, according to a count based on official Israeli data.
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