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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Wafaa Shurafa and Jack Jeffery

Packed hospitals, treacherous roads, harried parents: Newborns in Gaza face steeper odds of survival

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The birth of their daughter should have marked the beginning of a joyful chapter for the young Palestinian couple.

Instead, the devastating war in Gaza, now in its third month, has turned childbirth and parenthood into a time of worry and fear for Salim and Israa al-Jamala.

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