“Oh, Abdel Hadi, you came in a time of destruction and war,” she said. Abdel Hadi Al-Qanou lies in a makeshift crib made from a plastic crate, hanging on string. Delivered by cesarean section at Nasser Hospital a few days earlier on Aug. 15, Abdel Hadi Al-Qanou was almost 7lbs when he was born. Others were not so lucky, according to Dr. Shereen Allwai who worked for 10 years in Nasser Hospital as an OB-GYN. Islam Al-Qanou, 43, leaves the maternity ward at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza after giving birth to baby Abdel.

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Persons: Islam Al, Qanou, Khan Younis, “, Abdel Hadi, ”, Abdel Hadi’s, Abdel Hadi Al, Mahmood Al, Shereen Allwai, Abdel, Iyad, Dagga Organizations: United Nations Children’s Fund, NBC, Nasser Hospital Locations: Gaza’s, Khan, Gaza, Israel