Baby saved from dying mother's womb after Israeli airstrike named in her honor

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By , Marwan al-Ghoul Updated on: April 22, 2024 / 8:46 AM EDT / CBS News Israel strikes Rafah, operates in West Bank Israel strikes Rafah, conducts operation in West Bank 02:35 A newborn baby who was still in the womb when her mother was killed by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza's southern city of Rafah was doing well Monday after being moved to a new hospital in the war-torn Palestinian enclave.
The baby's mother Sabreen, along with her father Shoukri and her three-year-old sister Malak, were all killed in the strike.
A Palestinian doctor tends to a baby born prematurely after her mother was fatally wounded by an Israeli airstrike in Rafah, Gaza Strip, at the Kuwaiti Hospital in Rafah, April 20, 2024.
- Israel lashes out over possible U.S. sanctions against army battalion Two Israeli strikes Saturday on Rafah killed at least 22 people, mostly children, The Associated Press news agency said, citing officials at the nearby Kuwaiti Hospital, which received the wounded.