Displaced woman gives birth to quadruplets in Gaza
Palestinian Territories – AFP
Iman al-Masry recently gave birth to quadruplets in a hospital in southern Gaza after fleeing her family’s home in the devastated north.
The arduous journey “affected my pregnancy”, the 28-year-old said, recounting that she gave birth by C-section on December 18 to two girls and two boys, one of whom was too fragile to leave hospital.
“They are very slim,” she said of the three other infants, speaking in a cramped schoolroom turned shelter in Deir al-Balah. “It’s cold and windy and there’s no bathtub … I just use wipes.”
“There’s no nutritious food I can eat to breastfeed the three babies.”
Most of the hospitals in Gaza have been rendered dysfunctional by Israeli attacks. Besides, the restrictions imposed on aid trucks have made healthcare delivery nearly impossible.
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