Gaza City, Gaza Strip – Mohammed Lubbad found himself being pulled out of the rubble of his home. An Israeli strike had hit his family’s house, just a few days after the genocidal war on Gaza began.It was October 13, 2023 – the day his trauma began, and the day his search for a child who he has never met, and cannot be sure was ever born, began.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listMohammed was transferred from his now-destroyed home in northern Gaza’s Beit Lahiya to the Indonesian Hospital for treatment.A trickle of information started to reach him. One of his two daughters had survived, the other – five-year-old Rana – had died, along with his mother, his brother, his brother’s wife, and their child. But his wife Amal, eight months pregnant, had disappeared.First, Mohammed was told by hospital staff that Amal had been taken to Kamal Adwan Hospital, where a Caesarean section had been performed, leading to the delivery of a healthy baby boy, his son.But then came the news – amid the chaos of a war that was devastating Gaza and already killing hundreds at the time – that Amal had been transferred to al-Shifa Hospital due to her condition, and had died from head trauma and abdominal wounds on October 22.Mohammed mourned his wife, as he had mourned his daughter Rana and other lost loved ones. But his attent …
