(14 Jan 2025)
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Deir Al-Balah, Central Gaza Strip – 14 January 2025
1. Various of Massa, who was born on first day of the war, playing with her mother inside their tent
2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Rola Saqer, a displaced woman from Beit Lahiya: ++STARTS ON PREVIOUS SHOT; PARTLY OVERLAID WITH SHOT 3++
"I was afraid of losing her during the war, and even now, I’m still afraid of losing my daughter—whether to illness or war. I’m constantly worried about her. I run from hospital to hospital trying to get her better."
3. Rola sitting with her daughter Massa
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Rola Saqer, a displaced woman from Beit Lahiya: ++STARTS ON PREVIOUS SHOT; PARTLY OVERLAID WITH SHOT 5++
"We are desperately waiting for the truce, so we can finally live with some safety and stability. Yes, our homes in the north were destroyed, but at least there would be no more bombings, no aircraft overhead, no gunboats firing. Even if we live in a tent, at least we could sleep in peace. I just want to provide for my daughter—if they open the crossing points, I could feed her. Right now, I can’t even afford to give her a loaf of bread. That’s the least I should be able to do for her, but right now, I have nothing."
5. Various of Rola and Massa
STORYLINE:
A Palestinian baby in the Gaza Strip who was born the first day of the war is still impacted by the conflict as her mother struggles to secure food and medicine.
Rola Saqer, a displaced woman from Gaza’s northern town of Beit Lahia, told The Associated Press that she’s scared of losing her 15-months-old girl, Massa Zaqout, due to potential illnesses or other issues related to Israel’s ongoing war with Hamas.
Wearing her pink pajamas, Massa, which means diamond in Arabic, plays with her toys as her mother sits next to her inside their tent in Gaza’s central city of Deir al-Balah.
She can only take a few steps with the help of her mother, who said her daughter still hasn’t walked.
Saqer and her husband Mohammed Zaqout had been trying to have a child for five years.
Bombardments on the first day of the war didn’t prevent them from going to the hospital to have their baby that night, but they’re now anticipating a ceasefire to take effect soon.
Almost all Palestinians in Gaza are like Saqer and her husband.
They’re impatiently waiting for the ongoing Israeli-Hamas negotiations in Doha to establish a cease-fire to end their suffering.
AP video by Abdel Kareem Hana
Production by Wafaa Shurafa
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