RAFAH, Apr 22 Doctors in the Gaza Strip are fighting for their lives a newborn girl who was born a few minutes after the death of her mother as a result of injuries received during artillery fire by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), a correspondent reports.
A medical source in the city of Rafah reported on April 20 the birth of a thirty-week-old baby as a result of an emergency caesarean section performed on a woman who died from injuries minutes before the procedure.
“This is the child of (the deceased – ed.) Sabrin Al-Sakani. She was removed from her mother’s womb a few seconds after her death in the hospital by emergency caesarean section,” said doctor Nabil Abu-Gharar.
According to the agency's interlocutor, the baby's father and sister were also killed as a result of the shelling. The girl was born premature, weighing 1.4 kilograms, and was in serious condition for a long time.
«»The child's condition was very serious. She was treated at the Kuwait Specialized Hospital, and then was transferred to the (field – ed.) Emirates Hospital, where she received the necessary treatment. She is currently undergoing treatment, and we hope that she will live. She is connected to the necessary medical equipment,» Abu-Gharar added.
On October 7, 2023, Israel was subjected to an unprecedented-scale rocket attack from the Gaza Strip as part of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, announced by the military wing of the Palestinian Hamas movement. After this, the organization’s fighters entered the border areas in southern Israel, where they opened fire on both military and civilians, and also took more than 200 hostages. In Israel, according to the latest data from the authorities, about 1.2 thousand people were killed, this number includes civilians, soldiers, foreign citizens and workers, and it was also reported that more than 5 thousand were injured.
In response, the Israel Defense Forces launched Operation Iron Swords against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Within a few days, the Israeli military took control of all populated areas near the border with Gaza and began carrying out air strikes on targets, including civilians, in the strip. Israel also announced a complete blockade of the Gaza Strip: the supply of water, food, electricity, medicine, and fuel was stopped. At the end of October 2023, the ground phase of the Israeli operation in the enclave began. Gaza City was surrounded by Israeli ground forces, and the enclave was effectively divided into southern and northern parts.
The Russian Foreign Ministry called on the parties to stop hostilities. According to the position of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the settlement of the Middle East crisis is possible only on the basis of a “two-state” formula approved by the UN Security Council, which provides for the creation of an independent Palestinian state within the 1967 borders with its capital in East Jerusalem.
The Palestinian-Israeli conflict, related to the territorial interests of the parties, has been a source of tension and clashes in the region for many decades. A UN decision with the active role of the USSR in 1947 determined the creation of two states — Israel and Palestine, but only the Israeli one was created.