“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.
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