Gaza City, Gaza Strip – On a mattress placed on the floor of a half-destroyed apartment, Duha Abu Yousef sits holding her newborn baby with great difficulty after an emergency caesarean section was performed following her arrival at a hospital the night before.
Abu Yousef, 24, who had entered her ninth month of pregnancy just a few days earlier, had hoped for a natural birth for her first child and to complete her final month of pregnancy.
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However, due to her severe anemia, doctors decided to perform a caesarean section to protect her baby.
Throughout her pregnancy, Abu Yousef endured physical and psychological pain due to Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza.…
