{"id":391631,"date":"2010-03-04T09:19:39","date_gmt":"2010-03-04T14:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.disinfo.com\/?p=23900"},"modified":"2010-03-04T09:19:39","modified_gmt":"2010-03-04T14:19:39","slug":"new-birth-defects-seen-in-gaza-due-to-israeli-weapons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/391631","title":{"rendered":"New Birth Defects Seen In Gaza Due To Israeli Weapons"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the Palestine<\/a> Telegraph<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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An increase in birth defects among newborns in the Gaza Strip<\/a> \u2013 first documented in the Palestine<\/a> Telegraph \u2013 has become apparent, despite claims to the contrary by some doctors at Al-Shifa Hospital. Pregnant women say they are living in constant fear.<\/p>\n

Noha Abu Laban, 37, a resident of Jabalia camp in the northern Gaza Strip<\/a>, is in her final month of pregnancy and says: \u201cIn the war<\/a>, I inhaled the smoke of white phosphorus, which was fired on the roof of our house. I have been feeling sick since my pregnancy, and have had heavy bleeding.\u201d Noha is currently being treated in the High-Risk Pregnancy Care Unit at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.<\/p>\n

Alaa Al-Tunp, a 25-year-old resident in the Al-Tofah neighborhood, says: \u201cWhen I heard the stories of deformed fetuses, I became so worried, especially since I miscarried once before, during the war<\/a>, when I was in my third month of pregnancy. I had inhaled the smoke of the white phosphorus. There are many pregnant women here in the High=Risk Pregnancy Care Unit who had the same experience.\u201d Alaa says she is very worried that she will miscarry once again, or that her baby will be deformed.<\/p>\n

More than 20 pregnant women interviewed at the High-Risk Pregnancy Care Unit at Al-Shifa reported suffering intermittent bleeding\u2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

[continues at the Palestine<\/a> Telegraph<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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