Gaza City – A Palestinian man in the Gaza Strip revealed that he never imagined losing his unborn child because of his wife’s displacement, not because of bullets or shootings by the Israeli occupation, when the tent they used to shelter for almost a year collapsed on him and his pregnant wife during a strong wind.

Mohammed al-Daya (30), a father of two, who is currently waiting at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis to get the latest information on the condition of his wife, Marleen Emad (30), who is still in a coma in the intensive care unit and does not know that their seven-month-old fetus has died.

Al-Daya recounted what happened, saying strong winds during a recent storm caused the tent to collapse, and one of the metal rods fell on his pregnant wife’s stomach, injuring her, quoted from WAFA (14/4).

He said that initially he had moved his wife to Al-Awda Hospital in central Gaza Strip, where he was told that her condition was stable. However, her health quickly deteriorated after returning to the refugee camp. She lost consciousness and was reluctantly transferred to Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, where a medical examination confirmed the death of the fetus and revealed severe internal bleeding that threatened her life.

He said the wife was still in a coma in the intensive care unit, in critical condition, while doctors could not deliver the baby until her condition was stable.

He expressed deep concern that the loss of his baby was a consequence of living in a refugee camp, and expressed his fear of losing his wife at any time, given the seriousness of his condition.

It is known that the family had been displaced seven times before settling in the Al-Ataa camp, after their house in the eastern Al-Bureij camp was completely destroyed.

The situation highlights the dire conditions faced by Palestinian refugees across Gaza, where some 1.5 million refugees live in flimsy tents or makeshift shelters, amid reports that some 125,000 of the 135,000 tents have collapsed, making most of the tents uninhabitable and putting their occupants at greater risk, especially during the winter.

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