“It is full of the smell of death."

The scenes of destruction in Gaza are unimaginable. Maternity wards emptied of patients and destroyed as life-saving maternal health supplies burn.

Pregnant women have nowhere to go to give birth safely.

See the levels of destruction and hear about the impact on pregnant women from Dominic Allen, Representative for UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—in Palestine on his recent visit to Khan Younis.

Hear from a midwife at Al-Helal Al Emirati Hospital in Rafah, Gaza, as she describes the chaos and suffering of childbirth in her hospital.

Learn more about how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is responding here.

Incubators at Al-Helal Al-Emirati Hospital in Gaza are full of babies with dead or missing parents. Hear from two doctors at the hospital about this tragic situation and see how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is taking action.

Learn more about the crisis in Gaza here.

UNFPA Palestine representative Dominic Allen describes the nightmare situation he witnessed on his recent visit to Gaza.

He met women and girls living with the constant threat of bombs and pregnant women suffering from thirst, malnutrition and ill health.

Learn how UNFPA is providing them with much-needed support and supplies here.