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Published 22 Jul, 2024 03:00pm

Newborn saved from dead mother’s womb after Israeli strike in Gaza

A Palestinian baby was saved from his mother’s womb by doctors after she died of injuries sustained in an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip, Anadolu Agency reports.

Ola al-Kurd, 25, was nine months pregnant when she lost her life in an Israeli airstrike on her home in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.

The mother was rushed to Al-Awda Hospital in central Gaza where doctors managed to deliver a baby boy from his mother’s womb.

The baby was named Yasin and doctors said his health condition was “stable.”

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