In a miracle event, doctors delivered a baby girl from the womb of a dead Palestinian lady who was killed during an Israeli attack on the Gaza city of Rafah, in which 19 people died, according to Palestinian health officials.
According to officials, approximately 13 children from one family died after two houses were hit in the strike.
The baby’s mother, Sabreen Al-Sakani, was 30 weeks pregnant when she was killed in the strike
According to doctor Mohammed Salama, who was caring for the infant, the baby weighed 1.4 kg and was delivered by doctors via emergency C-section. He noted that she was steady and was improving.
The baby’s mother, Sabreen Al-Sakani, was 30 weeks pregnant when she was killed in the strike.
The doctors placed the infant in an incubator at Rafah Hospital and taped the words “The baby of the martyr Sabreen Al-Sakani” to her chest.
According to her uncle Rami Al-Sheikh, Sakani’s little daughter Malak wanted to call her baby sister Rouh, which means “spirit” in Arabic.
“The little girl Malak was happy that her sister was coming to the world,” Al-Sheikh said.
Doctor Salama said that the baby will remain in the hospital for three to four weeks. “After that, we will see about her leaving, and where this child will go, to the family, to the aunt, uncle, or grandparents. Here is the biggest tragedy. Even if this child survives, she was born an orphan,” said the doctor.
According to Palestinian health officials, 13 children were killed during an attack on the Abdel Aal family’s second home. During that strike, two women were also killed.
An Israeli military spokeswoman told Reuters that different militant targets were hit in Gaza, which included military compounds, launch posts and armed people.