Pregnant women in Gaza describe malnutrition and extreme distress caused by Israel's blockade

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This cannot be allowed to continue. What can we as mothers do?

www.bbc.com/news/articles/c626ljrp21yo.amp

https://www.thejournal.ie/pregnant-women-in-gaza-malnutrition-6802544-Aug2025/

www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2025/07/01/israel-limits-entry-of-baby-formula-in-gaza-as-infants-die-of-hunger_6742899_4.html

Who are you addressing this to? Who on this thread has given any indication that they don't think Palestinians are human?

I don't think its me who is derailing right now.

Anyone mentioning it

Oh that was to you @SharonEllis and your utter nonsense about fear of pregnancy.

Noone mentioned the better legal rights for women in Israel being a comfort to women in Gaza.

Well please stop attempting to derail a thread which is looking at how possibly to help put an end to the situation they are in,
rest easy I don’t think you will find anyone on mumsnet who has any sympathy for rapists,

Ok well if all you are going to do is insult rather than engage with the issue in a grown up way I'll leave you to it.

Bye

I was answering your question! You asked me a question. I gave you a one word answer and that's derailing?

The irony. I don't recall you ever having a shred of sympathy for what the Palestinians are enduring.

If anyone has anything to spare, they're raising funds for another unit. Every little bit helps women and children in Gaza.❤️

www.christians4palestine.org/activities-and-bds/mobile-maternity-unit-for-gaza/

Then you haven't read my posts on this thread or others. But I don't think this thread is about me.

Could the end of this awful situation be Hamas surrendering?

Yes, it would. But you'll get short shrift for suggesting it!

Or Israel realising committing a genocide is fucking unacceptable? Doubt that though as they show no shame whatsoever.

No it needs international intervention, but it seems no one has the balls.

Maybe if Netanyahu actually responded to Hamas accepting the ceasefire that might happen instead of just ignoring it so he can continue his plan to control Gaza and invade Gaza city.

But anyway I won't derail the thread because then we might be talking about them instead of those pregnant women.

I donate to the Gaza Infant Care Collective who support mothers and babies if anyone is looking for a charity in those area.

There was money raised for one by Palestinian Aid

https://newry.ie/articles/news/gaza-mobile-maternity-clinic-completed-with-help-of-newry-fundraising

they are crowd funding for a second

I hope it gets to the women in Gaza

Or it could be a ceasefire and peace talks.
Or, if the war is to continue, it could be a cessation of war crimes by Israel's government.

What is happening to pregnant and nursing mothers in Gaza is horrific and needs to end. They are not responsible for Hamas and they shouldn't be blamed for Hamas and they shouldn't be punished for Hamas.

Thanks for this, I’m probably being dim, but following the link I can’t see how to donate? I would really like to.

For those saying that Palestinian men can't control themselves. From the Jewish Women's Archive

"In addition to amenorrhea, the women of the Lodz ghetto developed a strong desire not to bear children in such a cruel and unstable world, according to Michal Unger. Due to this preference, birth rates in the ghetto were extremely low; only 2,306 babies were born in ghetto during its four-year existence"

Births take place during famine, war, genocide.

I'm not sure what your point is. Yes births take place in various situations. Your quote references women choosing not to get pregnant and bring childten into an awful situation. As we know many women have also chosen at other points in time.

Hamas, as the elected government of Gaza, are responsible for pregnant and nursing mothers in Gaza though aren’t they?

Not Israel.

Extraordinary that the OP makes absolutely no mention of Hamas in her posts on this thread IMO.

You seriously can't work out my point?!

Double post.