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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Aseel Mousa in Gaza

‘Going to hospital meant risking our lives’: the terror of giving birth in Gaza

A baby wrapped in a blanket being held by her mother
A mother, Sabreen al-Azami, who was displaced from Beit Lahia due to Israeli attacks and took refuge in a tent, holds her daughter in Rafah, Gaza. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

When Hanan went into labour earlier this month, she was caught between the pain and fear of facing childbirth without medical help, and the terror of Israeli airstrikes and snipers if she tried to reach hospital.

With hospitals emptying of supplies, raided by the Israeli military and already filled far beyond capacity with victims of the war, she decided to bring her youngest son into the world at home.

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