Israeli airstrikes on the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah have killed at least five people, including two children aged six and eight. The strikes also injured several others and caused widespread damage to infrastructure in the densely populated area. Palestinian officials have condemned the attacks as a violation of international law, while Israel claims they were necessary to target Hamas militants.
In a heartbreaking turn of events, a baby girl named Sabreen Jouda was born after her mother was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Rafah, Gaza. Sabreen’s mother, Sabreen al-Sakani, was 30 weeks pregnant when she was killed. Emergency responders performed an emergency cesarean section at the hospital where the bodies were taken, saving Sabreen’s life. Sabreen is now in the neonatal intensive care unit at the Emirati hospital, where she is fighting to survive. At least two-thirds of the more than 34,000 Palestinians killed in Gaza since the war began have been children and women.
