The baby rescued from her dying mother’s womb on Sunday after an Israeli airstrike in southern Gaza has died, the BBC reports. The mother was 30 weeks pregnant. 16 other children were also killed in the attack.
LOOK. The images of Sabreen went around the world
On Sunday, an apartment building where several families lived in Rafah was hit by a bomb attack. A pregnant Palestinian woman, her husband and daughter, were killed in Israel’s bombardment. Doctors managed to deliver the unborn baby, a girl, alive. She got the name from her mother. The child was placed in an incubator to recover, but died on Thursday.
30 weeks pregnant
Baby Sabreen al-Sakani was one of 16 children killed in two airstrikes in Rafah last weekend. They were all killed during a bombing of the apartment building where they lived. Sabreen’s mother was seven and a half months pregnant.
The attack happened just before midnight on Saturday. The baby’s family was sleeping at the time. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said they were targeting Hamas fighters and infrastructure.
Emergency caesarean section
When rescuers found the woman’s body, they discovered that the baby was still alive in her mother’s womb. They rushed the unborn child to the hospital, where doctors performed an emergency C-section to deliver Sabreen.
She was immediately placed in an incubator after the caesarean section. At that time her condition was already critical. She weighed only 1.4 kilograms and had severe breathing difficulties. According to the mother’s grandmother, Mirvat al-Sakani, the family planned to adopt the child. Sabreen was buried next to her mother.
Free unlimited access to Showbytes? Which can!
Log in or create an account and never miss anything from the stars.
Yes, I want free unlimited access
Tags: Baby born mother died attack Gaza IsraelPalestine conflict
