Baby saved from Gaza rubble after mother killed in Israeli strike

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The rescuers in orange vests shouted as they reached a baby girl still alive in the rubble of an Israeli air strike on the Gaza Strip’s Rafah city after yet another night of bombardment of the Palestinian enclave.

Baby Mariam Abu Akel’s skin was grey with dust and she made little noises as the rescuers reached deep into the rubble to free her legs and lift her clear.

People crowded around in the ruins of the Abu Edwan family’s house, where Mariam’s family was sheltering after they fled their own home in a more dangerous area near Gaza’s border with Israel.

The air strike killed 20 people and wounded 55, according to Health Ministry spokesperson Ashraf al-Qidra.

The Abu Edwan house was sheltering many displaced people like the Abu Akel family.

Read the full Reuters report here.

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