Health & Healing
Gaza birth defects surge past full-year 2022 count in nine months
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Birth defects among newborns in Gaza during the first nine months of 2026 exceeded the total recorded throughout all of 2022, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reported. The number of cases jumped considerably over the four-year span.
The report does not specify the exact numbers or causes behind the rise in birth defects, though the timing—spanning the period after Israel's military operations began in late 2023—raises questions about potential environmental and health factors affecting pregnant women and newborns in the territory.
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