Gaza's Maternity Crisis: Over 20,000 Babies Born Amid Conflict

Dire conditions and lack of medical resources put mothers and newborns at risk as women make up 70% of conflict fatalities.

Over 20,000 babies have been born in Gaza since the conflict began in October, many in dangerous and unhygienic circumstances due to a shortage of medical staff and resources.
Women are being discharged hours after undergoing caesarean sections, often without anaesthetic or antibiotics, and newborns are being rushed to overcrowded ICUs.
Women and girls make up roughly 70% of the 25,000 people killed in Gaza since the conflict began.
Pregnant women are having to give birth in displacement camps and even in the streets due to the destruction of medical facilities.
Sanitary products are scarce, forcing women and girls to use scraps of tents and clothing, increasing the risk of infection and potentially deadly toxic shock syndrome.