Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said Israel’s war on Gaza and its severe restrictions on the flow of humanitarian aid, as well as Israeli attacks on health facilities and targeting of healthcare workers, have led to “life-threatening” dangers for pregnant Palestinian women and babies, according to Al Jazeera.
In a new report, HRW said that despite the ongoing ceasefire, the precarious conditions under which women in Gaza are giving birth are unlikely to improve.
The rights group found that women in Gaza have been rushed out of overcrowded hospitals, sometimes within hours of giving birth, to make room for conflict casualties.
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