The fifth was a surprise, says quintuplets father

THE birth of quintuplets brought chaos to a maternity ward in a Gaza City hospital, with flustered doctors trying to keep order among a crush of photographers and a bewildered father.

Layla Abu Nofal, aged 25, delivered the five healthy babies — four boys and a girl — by Caesarean section in the Shifa Hospital.

“The fifth was a surprise,” said her husband, Mohammed.