Injured, hungry and alone - the Gazan children orphaned by war - BBC News

Some 19,000 children have been orphaned by the war, or have no adults to look after them, says the UN.

31 JanuaryShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsIsrael-Gaza warImage caption, The mother of this newborn baby did not live long enough to name herBy Yolande KnellBBC News, JerusalemBorn amid the horrors of the war in Gaza, the month-old baby girl lying in an incubator has never known a parent's embrace.

She was delivered by Caesarean section after her mother, Hanna, was crushed in an Israeli air strike. Hanna did not live to name her daughter.

"We just call her the daughter of Hanna Abu Amsha," says nurse Warda al-Awawda, who is caring for the tiny newborn at the al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza.

Warning: This piece contains graphic descriptions which some may find upsetting.

In the chaos caused by the ongoing fighting and with entire families almost wiped out, medics and rescuers often struggle to find carers for bereaved children.

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