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Gaza War: Pregnant Women Face Heartbreaking Infant Mortality

6/4/2025

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In Gaza, the relentless war has devastated the lives of pregnant women and their newborns. With food scarcity and inadequate medical care, one in ten babies is born underweight. The stress of the situation leads to premature births, while overwhelmed hospitals bear witness to heartbreaking tales of mothers losing their infants to malnutrition and formula shortages.

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In Gaza, the relentless war has devastated the lives of pregnant women and their newborns. With food scarcity and inadequate medical care, one in ten babies is born underweight. The stress of the situation leads to premature births, while overwhelmed hospitals bear witness to heartbreaking tales of mothers losing their infants to malnutrition and formula shortages.