Nearly 15,000 babies are expected to be born in Gaza between October 7 and the end of 2023, all of them at “grave risk amid escalating violence” and with “medical care, water and food at crisis levels”, according to Save the Children.

“About 15 per cent of women giving birth are likely to experience pregnancy or birth-related complications,” the humanitarian organisation said in a press release.

Their projection is based on recent UN data estimating that around 180 women give birth each day in the besieged Palestinian enclave and accounts for the rates of multiple births in the occupied Palestinian territory.

“Clean water is scarce, food and medicines are running low, and pregnant or breastfeeding women are struggling to find food. Hospitals and health facilities already facing severe shortages are under attack, putting thousands of patients, including pregnant women and newborns, in grave danger,” the statement noted.

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