'Heartbreaking': Miscarriages at Gaza hospital rise due to stress, lack of food and injuries

With no other maternity hospital operating in middle Gaza, medical staff have been staying in Al-Awda hospital ever since the beginning of the war in October

A sheltering mother feeds her children in Gaza during the Israeli bombardment. With heavy bombardment continuing across the Gaza Strip, many women are finding it difficult — if not impossible — to get to the hospital. Photo: ActionAid

Medics working in one of the only maternity hospitals now operating in Gaza have reported a rise in miscarriages due to stress, lack of food and injuries sustained in bombings.

Doctors and nurses in Al-Awda hospital are delivering up to 50 babies each day in a facility that only has 35 beds.