Conjoined twins have been born in Gaza, but it is the “double-dipping” of the palestinians that caught my attention.
(REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa)
Palestinian surgeons in the Gaza Strip were discussing medical options on Wednesday after the unexpected birth of conjoined twins – baby girls who share one heart and one body.
“We thought they were twins and we would have no problem, but we discovered that it is a Siamese baby,” said Hanan Al-Wade, a paediatrician at Al Shifa, Gaza City’s main hospital.
“The body is one but with two heads.”
The babies were born by Caesarean section on Tuesday and are being kept under close monitoring in an intensive care unit. They have not been named.
Doctors said they had not decided whether to attempt to separate them. If they try, they also need to consider whether they can perform the operations in Gaza or should try to move the children to a hospital in Israel or abroad.
The palestinians and their supporters are continually trying to portray Israel as the big bad, guilty of apartheid, ethnic cleansing, global warming and the suckiness of Batman vs Superman (just to name a few). Yet despite the bluster, they know it is not true, and that we are a great option for saving their lives.
A law school graduate, David Lange transitioned from work in the oil and hi-tech industries into fulltime Israel advocacy. He is a respected commentator and Middle East analyst who has often been cited by the mainstream media
A law school graduate, David Lange transitioned from work in the oil and hi-tech industries into fulltime Israel advocacy. He is a respected commentator and Middle East analyst who has often been cited by the mainstream media
