Soha Khadr
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25-year-old Soha Khadr is a widowed mother of five.
Eight months pregnant, she's one of tens of thousands with little access to health care or proper nutrition.
Only recently was she able to see a doctor, just once.
She fled southern Gaza after being displaced in al-Mawasi camp and is now sheltering further north in Gaza City.
Sometimes I bled because of malnutrition.
I've been so frightened during this pregnancy because of the bombing and because we keep fleeing.
I look at my five little boys in these awful circumstances and at one point I wish this pregnancy would not continue.
Soha's having a baby girl, the one her late husband has been waiting for.
But her father is gone, shot while trying to get aid five months ago in Rafah.
Doctors say that many pregnant women walk for hours just to reach the occasional appointment.
For these babies, doctors warn, the damage has already been done.