More disfigured babies were born in Gaza since the end of Israel's war in the coastal Strip last winter, said the health ministry of deposed Hamas government Saturday.
A research in al-Shifa hospital in Gaza city showed "in July, August and September, the number of infants born deformed or without limbs climbed by 50 percent compared with the same period last year," said deputy Health Minister Hassan Khalaf.
He said his ministry does not rule out a connection between Israel's use of white phosphorus during the January-December war and the increase of disfigured newborns.
About 1,400 Palestinians were killed in the three-week fighting and thousands of others were injured. During the war, Israel fired white phosphorus shells in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.
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