Gaza blockade puts pregnant woman's health at risk
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A pregnant woman under Israel's blockade in Gaza's ruins fears for her baby
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Israel 's 18-month-old military campaign decimating Gaza has made pregnancy and childbirth more dangerous for Palestinian women and their babies.
Up to 20% of Gaza ’s estimated 55,000 pregnant women are malnourished, and half face high-risk pregnancies.
Doctors Without Borders supervisor of midwives at Nasser Hospital documented 40 miscarriages a week in recent weeks .
Nine of the 14 hospitals providing maternal health services before the war still function, UNFPA says.
Under the blockade, over half the medicines for maternal and newborn care have run out.
Some women reuse diapers, turning them inside out, leading to severe skin infections, aid workers say.
Israel says the blockade aims to pressure Hamas into releasing hostages.
Her mother told her not to look at the baby.
Her mother-in-law said he was beautiful.
Her husband took their boy to a grave.
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