Posted on 10/23/2023 9:42:30 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
A premature baby squirms inside a glass incubator in the neonatal ward of al-Aqsa Hospital in the central Gaza Strip. He cries out as intravenous lines are connected to his tiny body. A ventilator helps him breathe as a catheter delivers medication and monitors flash his fragile vital signs.
His life hinges on the constant flow of electricity, which is in danger of running out imminently unless the hospital can get more fuel for its generators. Once the generators stop, hospital director Iyad Abu Zahar fears that the babies in the ward, unable to breathe on their own, will perish.
“The responsibility on us is huge,” he said.
Doctors treating premature babies across Gaza are grappling with similar fears. At least 130 premature babies are at “grave risk” across six neonatal units, aid workers said. The dangerous fuel shortages are caused by the Israeli blockade of Gaza, which started — along with airstrikes — after Hamas militants attacked Israeli towns on Oct. 7.
At least 50,000 pregnant women in Gaza are unable to access essential health services, and some 5,500 are due to give birth in the coming month, according to the World Health Organization.
At least seven of the almost 30 hospitals have been forced to shut down due to damage from relentless Israeli strikes and lack of power, water and other supplies. Doctors in the remaining hospitals said they are on the brink. The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees said Sunday it has enough fuel to last three days to serve critical needs.
“The world cannot simply look on as these babies are killed by the siege on Gaza ... A failure to act is to sentence these babies to death,” said Melanie Ward, chief executive of the Medical Aid for Palestinians aid group.
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At risk of being decapitated?
Call Planned Parenthood International. They can help with the babies.
Gee maybe should of though of this before unleashing a wave of mass murder, rape and tortur on Israel
Sad how murdered Jewish babies never seem to matter to the Fake News
Too bad those Hamas terrorists caused all this to happen.
Doesn’t NY have some spare machines?
Hideous attacks have consequences.
“...Melanie Ward, chief executive of the Medical Aid for Palestinians aid group.”
Ms. Ward needs to ask her pals in Hamas for some fuel. Terrorism HAS consequences.
Well, usually.
Cry me a river...I cried a river over all the atrocities committed by Islamists against Christians and Jews for centuries.
GAZA has incubators? Where did they come from?
Maybe you all should have thought of that before going to war with the people who solely supply your electricity.
Too bad. They should have thought of this before murdering Jewish babies.
I guess Hamas babies are worth more than Jewish ones? Maybe Hamas can show their humanity and surrender or fight on an open battle field. This would end the suffering of the people they govern!
This atrocity lies at the feet of Hamas not Israel. Hamas can end this suffering at any moment, suffering they initiated with the most grotesque inhuman actions observed in recent modern history!
The old preemies in incubators ploy.
Call Agent 86.
“The old preemies in incubators ploy.”
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Yeah, they’re right next to the “baby milk factory”.
Thank Goodness Israeli soldiers didn’t put them at risk by shooting them in their cribs and decapitating them.
I knew as soon as I read the first sentence...
Their suicide bomb vests (neonatal size) should keep them warm.
To the left, bodies are props.
“Where did they come from?”
Cultural appropriation.
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