Newborn mortality is “rising sharply” in Gaza, with babies being born underweight, the WHO says. Doctors report that they are seeing a sharp increase in the number of children born with low birth weight.
The WHO is unable to compile precise statistics due to the devastation in the Palestinian territory after six months of war between Israel and Hamas. The al-Shifa hospital, in Gaza City, which was the largest in the entire territory, has been the scene of an intense military operation by the Israeli army.