“My experience during childbirth was a nightmare in every sense of the word, or something like a horror film,” said 29-year-old Wajiha al-Abyad.
The U.N. estimates there are around 50,000 pregnant women in Gaza, and that more than 160 babies are delivered every day.
She fled her home in Gaza City with many of her relatives on Oct. 14, after the Israeli military ordered over a million people to leave northern Gaza.
Since the outbreak of the war, crossings into Gaza had been closed, making it impossible for her husband in the United Arab Emirates to be by her side.
They found the hospital’s maternity ward was no longer functioning: It had been repurposed to treat the large numbers of war casualties.
Persons:
”, “, Ms, Abyad, Ahmed
Organizations:
United, Awda
Locations:
Deir Al, Gaza, Gaza City, United Arab Emirates, Al, Nuseirat