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SvennoJ on 28 July 2024
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‘My baby girl was born on the street’: A traumatic birth in Gaza

Every morning, Alaa al-Nimer wakes up to bathe her six-month-old daughter, Nimah. There is no running water – there hasn’t been for many months – and the water she uses sparingly is collected from distribution points close to a relative’s house in Gaza City’s northern Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood. Despite the hardships Alaa and her family now endure, she is determined to treat her green-eyed daughter to a daily bath.

The 34-year-old mother of three says her daughter’s smile is a “balm for her soul” during a time of “darkness”. But her birth was more traumatic than Alaa could ever have anticipated.

“My baby girl was born on the street,” she explains shyly. She describes it as the most difficult day of her life.

Child dies from injuries in Khan Younis as Israeli bombings continue

A child has died of injuries sustained in an Israeli bombing of his family’s home a few days ago in Abasan al-Kabira, east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, our colleagues on the ground report.

East of Khan Younis, Israeli forces bombed the town of Bani Suheila and the Sheikh Nasser neighbourhood, an Al Jazeera correspondent reported.

Palestinian media have also reported the following this morning in and near Khan Younis:

  • Israeli forces opened fire at homes in al-Qarara, northeast of Khan Younis.
  • They destroyed Umm Habiba Mosque in Qizan an-Najjar, south of Khan Younis.
  • Residents retrieved many bodies from Bani Suheila.
  • Israeli artillery bombed eastern Khan Younis and northern Rafah.

In central Gaza, Israeli forces launched a raid on the Bureij refugee camp, Palestinian media reported.

Translation: Israeli artillery shelling targeted the vicinity of Bani Suheila and the Sheikh Nasser neighbourhood, east of the city of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip.


Child among 3 killed in Israeli air attack on tents in al-Mawasi

At least three people, including a child, were killed in a new Israeli air attack on the tents of displaced people in the al-Mawasi refugee camp, west of Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, according to our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic.

The Palestinian Information Centre reported a higher death toll, saying five people were killed including children. A photo shared on Telegram and verified by the Dataminr agency showed the bodies of a baby and a teenager.

Earlier this month, Israeli strikes killed at least 90 people and wounded 300 others seeking shelter in al-Mawasi, described by its military as a “humanitarian” safe zone.


A woman reacts following an Israeli strike on a tent camp in al-Mawasi on July 13