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‘The war caused this’: Miscarriages soar in Gaza amid Israeli bombing and siege
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It was her first pregnancy after seven years of trying to conceive, and the 34-year-old displaced Palestinian feared for her unborn baby.
With roads in Gaza destroyed and transport brought to a standstill by Israeli bombing, she was forced to walk for hours to the nearest hospital.
The whole time, I was begging God to keep my baby safe' - Sahar al-Majdalawi, displaced Palestinian womanDoctors performed an ultrasound shortly after she arrived.
The figure now stands at around 460 miscarriages per 1,000 births, compared with 140 per 1,000 births in 2022.
Around 70 percent of pregnant women in Gaza are suffering from severe anaemia, compounded by widespread malnutrition," he said.