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The trauma of pregnancy by rape added to the anguish of captivity

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Relatives of women held by Hamas in Gaza participated this week in a briefing on sexual violence and forced pregnancies, as hostages mark nine months in captivity. “I have five children. They are all beautiful...
Families of people held hostage by Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip hold photos of their loved ones during a protest outside of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art on Oct. 21, 2023. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Israeli hostage believed to have given birth in captivity

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One of the Israeli hostages being held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip has likely given birth in captivity, Israel announced Monday night. Officials said the woman was nine months pregnant when she was abducted...
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Israeli researchers: COVID vaccine antibodies pass from pregnant mother to newborn

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Israeli researchers have announced in a new study that antibodies produced from a COVID-19 vaccine can be passed from a pregnant mother to her baby. The study by researchers from Hadassah University Medical Center, which...
The nursery at the Bikur Cholim Hospital in Jerusalem. Photo by Flash90.

Israel neonatalogy report: Only 3.5 percent of newborns contract COVID-19 from infected mothers

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Some 105,000 babies have been born in Israel since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, including 700 to mothers who tested positive for COVID-19 at the time that they gave birth. Only 24 of...
A baby boy born after an ex utero intrapartum procedure at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center on Oct. 14, 2020. Credit: Courtesy.

Doctors perform life-saving surgery on baby during birth

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Doctors in Israel saved a newborn’s life on Wednesday with a rare surgical procedure performed before the boy was fully outside his mother’s body. The “ex utero intrapartum treatment” (EXIT) procedure during a Caesarean-section delivery...
A reception held for gay fathers who recently returned from Thailand, where local surrogate women gave birth to their babies, Feb. 20, 2014. Photo by Gideon Markowicz/Flash90.

Jewish Agency to provide loans to employees seeking child surrogacy overseas

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The Jewish Agency for Israel has decided to grant financial loans to employees of the organization who decide to search for a pregnancy surrogate overseas, becoming the first Israeli governmental organization to offer financial assistance...
JNF-Halutza Medical Center. Credit: Jewish National Fund-USA.

The Negev blooms, offering better resources for expectant mothers and families

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Deep in the heart of the Arava, as the glow of the afternoon sun dances across the mountains of Jordan, just on the other side of the valley, two Israeli women in their second...