Attacks on Gaza have caused low birth weights, birth defects — JVP’s Health and Human Rights Watch
NOVANEWS
Israel commenced its invasion of the Gaza Strip with air strikes on more than 200 sites, killing 24 Palestinians on the first day. Above, an Israeli missile hits a building just south of Gaza City on July 8, 2014. (Photo: Mohammed Saber, EPA)
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GAZA
Hospital centered surveillance of births in Gaza, Palestine, 2011-2017 and heavy metal contamination of the mothers reveal long term impact of wars.
Prevalence of preterm, low birth weight and birth defects increased significantly since 2011 in Gaza, Palestine. No change in known co-...