2023–2024 Gaza Strip preterm births
2023 Gaza Strip preterm births | |||||||
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Part of the Israel–Hamas war and the Gaza humanitarian crisis | |||||||
Premature babies at Al-Shifa | |||||||
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Casualties and losses | |||||||
31+ dead[a] |
The Gaza Strip faced a premature baby crisis during the
Background
Starting on 21 October,
Al-Shifa Hospital
On 11 November, IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari stated the army would help evacuate babies from al-Shifa Hospital, but a Gaza Health Ministry spokesman stated Israel had not provided "any mechanism to get the babies out to a safer hospital."[11][12] The same day, Physicians for Human Rights stated two premature babies had died due to the loss of electricity.[13] Two additional babies died soon after.[14] The babies were reported to be suffering from severe hypoglycemia — insufficient blood sugar.[15]
On 15 November, Israel launched a raid on al-Shifa Hospital, where three dozen premature babies were still sheltering.
Al-Nasr Children’s Hospital
On 10 November,
Other hospitals
In mid-December, Israel began a military siege and raid on the
On 20 February 2024, the deputy director of the Al-Helal Al-Emairati Maternity Hospital in Rafah stated "several" premature babies had died in the hospital and said that the "health sector has been completely destroyed."[33] On 21 February, the Al-Helal hospital stated it was struggling to "provide adequate care" to premature and newborn babies due to the conflict nearby.[34]
Rise in preterm births
A pediatric doctor at the Emirati Hospital in
See also
Notes
References
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