A baby rescued from her dead mother’s womb He died after an Israeli airstrike in southern Gaza., as the BBC learned. Sabreen al-Sakani, named after her mother, was born by Caesarean section in a Rafah hospital over the weekend and Doctors resuscitated her using a hand pump to get air into her lungs, but she died Thursday. and was buried next to her mother.

At the weekend, another 16 children who lost their lives in Rafah when the housing complex where Sabreen’s family lived was bombed by the Israeli military. According to the Israel Defense Forces, the goal was to attack Hamas fighters and infrastructure.

When the attack occurred, the mother, who was seven and a half months pregnant, suffered serious injuries and both her husband, Shukri, and her three-year-old daughter Malak lost their lives, but the baby was still alive in her mother’s womb when she was rescued. After taking Sabreen to the hospital, doctors performed an emergency cesarean section to deliver the baby, who was then placed in an incubator, although her condition was critical.