Ghada Ebrahim
Press TV, Deir al-Balah
An Israeli claim that 70,000 children were born in Gaza during the war has spread rapidly without evidence, starkly contradicting the reality of a collapsed healthcare system.
On the ground, Palestinian health data shows birth rates have instead fallen by approximately 11%, with doctors and mothers describing a crisis of miscarriages, malnourishment, and struggle for survival.
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