Palestinian baby rescued from dying mother's womb dies: doctor

A Palestinian baby rescued from the womb of her mother in Gaza while she lay dying has died, according to her doctor.

The baby, named Sabreen al-Rouh, had been on a ventilator since being saved from her mother who was mortally wounded by an Israeli strike which also killed her husband and their three-year-old daughter.

Doctor Mohammad Salama, head of the emergency neo-natal unit at Emirati Hospital, said the baby died on Thursday.

"I and other doctors tried to save her, but she died. For me personally, it was a very difficult and painful day," he told Reuters by phone.

"She was born while her respiratory system wasn't mature, and her immune system was very weak and that is what led to her death. She joined her family as a martyr."