Gaza baby saved from dead mother’s womb dies

Reuters

RAFAH, GAZA—A baby girl who was delivered from her dying mother’s womb in a Gaza hospital following an Israeli airstrike has died after just a few days of life, doctors said on Friday. The baby had been named Rouh, meaning Soul. Her mother,

Sabreen Al-Sakani, was seriously injured when the Israeli strike hit the family home in Rafah, the southernmost city in the besieged Gaza Strip, on Saturday night. Her husband Shukri and their 3-year-old daughter Malak were killed. Sabreen, who was 30-weeks pregnant, was rushed to the Emirati hospital in Rafah. She died of her wounds but doctors were able to save the baby, delivering her by Caesarean section.

However, the baby suffered respiratory problems and a weak immune system, said Doctor Mohammad Salama, head of the emergency neonatal unit. Rouh died on Thursday. “It was a very difficult and painful day,” Salama told Reuters by phone.

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