Baby born by emergency caesarean as mother killed in Gaza - BBC News

The infant's entire immediate family died in Israeli air strikes on Rafah on Saturday night.

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CloseA premature baby was saved when doctors performed an emergency caesarean in Rafah, after the city was hit by Israeli air strikes on Saturday night.

Her mother, Sabreen, could not be saved, and died along with the baby's father and sister.

Medics said the baby was born in respiratory distress and was expected to stay in hospital for up to a month.

Palestinian health officials said 19 people, most of them children, were killed in strikes on the city that night.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68876073

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