UNICEF’s warning about the terrible situation of mothers and pregnant women in Gaza / the birth of 20 thousand babies in the middle of the hell of war

According to the international group Tasnim news agency, Tas Engram, spokesperson of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) ) who recently went to Gaza presented a painful account of the situation of pregnant women and mothers who have just given birth to their children and announced that since the war in the Gaza Strip more than 3 months ago, thousands of children were born in unimaginable conditions. He added that during the war against Gaza since October 7, about 20,000 children were born in the hell of war, and every 10 minutes a child is born in the midst of war. Seeing newborn babies while their mothers bleed to death should concern us all. Also, many babies die before birth.

Describing the terrible situation of babies and mothers in Gaza, the spokesperson of UNICEF stressed that during the last week, six women gave birth to their children by caesarean section, all of them They lost their lives. Mothers in Gaza face unimaginable challenges to receive adequate medical care, nutrition and protection before, during and after childbirth.

Tis Ingram further emphasized that the infant mortality rate in the Gaza Strip is very high. There are many and it is not possible to specify their exact number. In conditions of overcrowding and limited resources, medical teams are forced to remove mothers from the hospital three hours after a caesarean section. This condition exposes mothers to the risk of abortion, death, stillbirth, premature birth and mental injuries.

This UN official stated that pregnant and lactating women and babies in the conditions Inhumans live in makeshift camps and suffer from malnutrition and the risk of drinking unsafe water. Currently, 135,000 children under the age of two in Gaza suffer from acute malnutrition and the risk of drinking unsafe water. Humanity cannot allow this distorted situation to continue any longer, mothers and newborn babies need a humanitarian ceasefire.

“Catherine Russell”, the executive director of UNICEF, also announced in the same context, continued Attacks on Gaza exacerbate malnutrition and acute illnesses among more than 1.1 million children, creating a deadly cycle. The children of Gaza are caught in a nightmare that is getting worse every day. Children and their families in the Gaza Strip continue to be massacred and injured as a result of the war, and their lives are increasingly at risk due to chronic diseases as well as severe food and water shortages.

UNICEF stressed that 2023 will be the bloodiest. It was the year for Palestinian children, and violence against Palestinian children has reached unprecedented levels. Gaza is the most dangerous place for children on the planet. The massacre of this number of children in Israel’s aggression against Gaza shows how these children are targeted in a discriminatory way (compared to other children in the world). It is very unfortunate that the thousands of children who are massacred every day in Gaza have become mere numbers and statistics. We call Israel’s war against Gaza a war against children.

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