Israel/Palestinian War: Pregnant Women Faces Hard Time Says United Nation

Pregnant women in Gaza say they are being forced to have c-sections by torchlight with no anaesthetic as bombardment continues

The United Nations Population Fund called for 'urgent health care and protection' for pregnant women as many suffered without regular check ups.

Tens of thousands of civilians have been forced to flee to hospitals in search of aid and power as resources to the strip were cut off.

'Our medical teams are overwhelmed and have been working tirelessly around the clock since the start of the escalation,' said Dr. Mohammad Abu Salmiya, the director of Al Shifa hospital.

'We're relying on a very limited fuel supply to maintain our operations. If we run out of fuel, the hospital may be repurposed as a mass burial site.'

Pregnant women in Gaza are reportedly having to undergo c-section deliveries by torchlight and without anaesthetic in the beleaguered Strip amid continuous bombardment by Israel.

'The chaos and horror unleashed in Gaza is affecting women in devastating ways,' said Soraida Hussein-Sabbah, a gender and advocacy specialist at ActionAid UK, based in Ramallah, the West Bank.

One medical consultant in Khan Younis described the stress for pregnant women living through the war.

According to Aljazeera ''There are women who have been displaced from their places of residence to other areas, which means changing the health centres which had previously monitored their condition,' says Walid Abu Hatab