Premature baby rescued from dead mother’s womb in Gaza dies

A Palestinian baby girl, Sabreen Jouda, who was delivered prematurely after her mother was killed in an Israeli strike, lies in an incubator in the Emirati hospital (Mohammad Jahjouh/AP)

A premature Palestinian infant who was rescued from her mother’s womb shortly after the woman was killed in an Israeli airstrike has died.

Sabreen Jouda died in a Gaza hospital on Thursday after her health deteriorated and medical teams were unable to save her, said her uncle, Rami al-Sheikh.