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“We must release women six hours after giving birth”: in Rafah, a maternity ward in the hell of war

2024-02-13T21:10:28.239Z

Highlights: Franco-Moroccan obstetric surgeon Zouhair Lahna has been treating women of Rafah, to the south of the Palestinian enclave, where no one enters or leaves. On Monday, two Israeli hostages were released by the Israeli army in Rafah. Between network outages and incessant requests from his colleagues, the obstetrician, live from the maternity ward, tells us how he takes care of mothers and babies. He is on a humanitarian mission with the PalMed association of Palestinian doctors.


EXCLUSIVE. On a humanitarian mission to Gaza, obstetric surgeon Zouhair Lahna gives birth to women in the chaos of war. He


We had to follow the road to Cairo, passing the numerous checkpoints.

On the night of January 20, Doctor Zouhair Lahna set foot “in the other world”, in Gaza.

For more than three weeks, this Franco-Moroccan obstetric surgeon, who works at the Lilas maternity ward in Seine-Saint-Denis, has been treating the women of Rafah, to the south of the Palestinian enclave, where no one enters or leaves. .

This seasoned humanitarian, on a mission with the PalMed association of Palestinian doctors, admits to having never plunged into such “hell”.

On Monday, two Israeli hostages were released by the Israeli army in Rafah, after a deluge of bombs on this city where more than 1 million Gazans gathered.

This Tuesday, international pressure intensified for a truce agreement between Israel and Hamas, including a new release of hostages, after the Israeli announcement of an upcoming offensive on Rafah.

Between network outages and incessant requests from his colleagues, the obstetrician, live from the maternity ward, tells us how he takes care of mothers and babies.

Nevertheless.

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