“She went to a medical point for tests, and the doctor told her there was no heartbeat – the foetus had died,” Qeshta continued.
“The doctor explained that the baby died from malnutrition. What his mother had been eating lacked adequate nutrition, and the foetus didn’t get what he needed to survive.”
Qeshta’s story is far from isolated.
In the first half of 2025, the Palestinian Ministry of Health recorded at least 2,500 miscarriages and neonatal deaths.
At Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, doctors reported that the number of miscarriages in January and February was double that of the same period in 2023.
… The Israeli-imposed famine in Gaza has led to 361 deaths from malnutrition, including 139 children, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.
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