US EditionGaza's IVF embryos destroyed by Israeli strike
- An Israeli shell struck Gaza's largest fertility clinic in December 2023, resulting in the destruction of over 4,000 embryos, sperm, and eggs stored at the Gaza City IVF center.
- The incident impacted hundreds of Palestinian couples facing infertility, with at least half of them losing their last chance to conceive.
- Despite poverty, couples in Gaza pursue IVF, sometimes resorting to selling possessions to fund the treatments.
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Thousands of frozen Gaza IVF embryos destroyed by Israeli strike
GAZA: When an Israeli shell struck Gaza’s largest fertility clinic in December, the explosion blasted the lids off five liquid nitrogen tanks stored in a corner of the embryology unit. As the ultra-cold liquid evaporated, the temperature inside the tanks rose, destroying more than 4,000 embryos plus 1,000 more specimens of sperm and unfertilized eggs stored at Gaza City’s Al Basma IVF Center. The impact of that single explosion was far-reachin…
Reuters: 5,000 embryos destroyed by a single Israeli shell. Projectile Shatters Gaza's Largest Fertilization Clinic
An Israeli shell hit Gaza's largest fertility clinic in December and the blast shattered the lids of five tanks of liquid nitrogen stored in a corner of the embryology unit, Reuters reported in a wide-ranging report on Wednesday.
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