A Gaza hospital performed an emergency cesarean section on a woman who died from injuries sustained during an Israeli strike, saving her baby. The pregnant woman, Ola Adnan Harb al-Kurd, was nine months pregnant and reached the hospital “almost dead” after an Israeli strike on her home in the Nuseirat refugee camp.
Doctors were unable to save the mother, but an ultrasound detected the baby’s heartbeat. The newborn was initially in critical condition but was stabilized after receiving oxygen and medical attention. He was placed in an incubator and transferred to Al-Aqsa Hospital.
The strike on the al-Kurd family home killed three women and a child, according to a medical official. Her husband was also wounded. Israel has not confirmed individual strikes but stated troops were conducting targeted raids on terrorist infrastructure sites.
The war in Gaza has made childbirth increasingly dangerous, with pregnant women facing near-daily strikes, food insecurity, poor sanitation, and water scarcity. Hospitals are overwhelmed, and pre-term deliveries and maternal complications are rising.