Fewer births and deformed fetuses The long standing face of Gaza s genocide

The extermination of more than 74,000 Palestinians, the majority of whom were women, children, and the elderly, did not quench the occupation’s bloodlust. It engineered an endless cycle of death, continuing to claim the lives of Gazans. The crimes even extended to fetuses in their mothers’ wombs, with high rates of miscarriage and births of children with congenital deformities.

The cases now overwhelming the hospitals in the Gaza Strip, along with testimonies from doctors and women, reveal a catastrophe in reproductive health, according to medical professionals. This is all happening as the occupation continues its criminal policies aimed at completing its genocide. To this end, it continues to drop tons of explosives, causing direct massacres and spreading toxins that continue to ravage the bodies of Gazans in the short and long term.

Data from the Gaza Ministry of Health indicates that 460 miscarriages per 1,000 live births were recorded in April 2026, compared to only about 140 before the war—an unprecedented surge reflecting the scale of the disaster that has befallen the health environment in the Gaza Strip.

An investigation published by the Gaza Ministry of Health on miscarriages, covering the period from January 2025 to April 2026, revealed a sharp decline in the uterine environment’s ability to support continued pregnancy, warning of health and demographic repercussions that could last for years.

The investigation showed that the rate of anemia among pregnant women reached 57%, nearly double the global average, indicating the extent of the collapse in food security and the severe shortage of essential nutrients. This makes women’s bodies more susceptible to pregnancy loss and limits the ability of fetuses to develop normally, a direct result of the starvation and siege policies imposed by the occupation. The investigation also recorded a sharp decline in the number of births in