Newborn Saved From Dead Mother's Womb After Israel Strikes Gaza Hospital

Doctors were unable to save the mother, but performed an ultrasound that detected the baby's heartbeat.

A Gaza hospital said Saturday it saved a baby boy from his mother's womb after she died from wounds sustained in an Israeli strike.

Ola Adnan Harb al-Kurd, who was nine months pregnant, barely survived a punishing night of missile strikes that rescue services across the Hamas-run territory said killed more than 24 people, including six members of the same family. 

But by the time Kurd reached Al-Awda Hospital, she was "almost dead", according to surgeon Akram Hussein.