Fearful of Hezbollah rocket strikes, Israeli mums in the northern city of Haifa are giving birth in bunkers under their maternity hospitals

Fearful of Hezbollah rocket strikes, Israeli mums in the northern city of Haifa are giving birth in bunkers under their maternity hospitals

 MARCO LONGARI

Inside an underground shelter at a hospital in the Israeli city of Haifa, a television screen flickers with images of Iranian missiles as doctors and midwives deliver Sarah Bird's third child.

"She's beautiful," a midwife says, placing the newborn in her mother's arms for a first kiss.

Originally published on doc.afp.com, part of the BLOX Digital Content Exchange.

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