Miracle! newborn baby pulled alive from under rubble in Gaza

Published November 28th, 2023 - 06:53 GMT
Miracle! newborn baby pulled alive from under rubble in Gaza
Salam, newborn baby pulled alive from under the rubble in Gaza. (Photographer/Nooh AL-Shaghnobi)

ALBAWABA - A Palestinian photographer shared a video of a newborn baby claiming that it was pulled alive from under the rubble.

Nooh AL-Shaghnobi's video has gone viral online after he allegedly said that the newborn baby was pulled alive by rescue workers in the Gaza Strip.

According to the photographer, the baby is said to be less than a month old and added that her parents were killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza.

AL-Shaghnobi further noted that rescue workers didn't lose hope and worked for three hours constantly to get the baby out.

He posted the video on Instagram and wrote: "She was born in the war, less than a month old, the firstborn to her mother and father, the martyrs. She was born again when she emerged from under the rubble after everyone said she was dead. We clung to some hope, and after three hours of work, she was brought out with God’s care and grace. Her name is (Salam)."

Newborn baby

Newborn baby Salam was pulled out alive from under the rubble in Gaza. (Photographer/Nooh AL-Shaghnobi )

Amid huge misunderstanding from people who thought that the girl was born under the rubble and survived 38 days with no food since her family died in the attack, many social media users explained that the video was captured before the truce and that the house of Salam the newborn baby was targeted by an airstrike.

And they added that rescue workers pushed themselves for three hours to get her out alive. A netizen commented: "Via many telegram reports: “the news about the child who was extracted a month later from under the rubble is <<completely untrue>>. It was only 3 HOURS after her family’s house was bombed, and the event was on the 37th day of the war on Gaza, but today the photographer was able to publish the scene."

Many praised rescue workers who pressured themselves to get the newborn baby out. A person said: "Their names might be unknown but they are real heroes."

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