The girl was born from the womb of a mother who was killed with her husband and daughter in an Israeli attack on the town of Rafah in the Gaza Strip, where 19 people were killed overnight in intense strikes, Palestinian health officials said.
Among the dead, who were killed in the attack on two houses, were 13 children from one family, officials said, Reuters reports.
The baby, weighing 1,4 kg and born by caesarean section, is doing well, according to Mohamed Salama, the doctor who is taking care of the newborn.
Her mother, Sabrin Al-Sakani, was 30 weeks pregnant.
The baby is now in the incubator in the hospital in Rafa next to another baby.
Al-Sakania's younger daughter Malak, who was killed in the attack, wanted to name her new sister Rouh, which means spirit in Arabic, according to her uncle, Rami Al-Sheikh.
"Little girl Malak was happy that her sister was coming into the world," he said.
The baby will stay in the hospital for three to four weeks, says Dr. Salama.
"After that, we will see how things will go, whether this child will go to a family, or to an aunt, uncle, grandparents. That is the biggest tragedy. Even if the child survives, he is born an orphan," he said. .
According to Palestinian health officials, 13 children were killed in the attack on another house, belonging to the Abdel Aal family. Two women were also killed in that attack.
An Israeli army spokesman, when asked about the casualties in Rafah, said that various militant targets were targeted in the Gaza Strip, including military bases, firing positions and attackers.
"Did you see one male person among those killed?" asked Sakr Abdel Aal, a Palestinian whose family was among the dead. He was looking for the body of a child in a white blanket.
"They are all women and children," he said. "My whole identity was erased, with my wife, children, everyone."
Mohamad al-Behairi said his daughter and grandchildren were still under the rubble. "This is sadness, depression, we have nothing more to cry for? When you lose your children, when you lose those closest to you, how do you feel?", Al-Behairi's words.
More than half of the Gaza Strip's 2,3 million residents have gathered in Rafah, seeking shelter from the Israeli offensive that has devastated much of the Gaza Strip over the past six months.
Israel is threatening a ground offensive in the area. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said fighters from Hamas, a movement designated as a terrorist organization by the United States and the European Union, must be eliminated to ensure Israel's victory in the war.
US President Joseph Biden called on Israel not to launch a large-scale offensive in the Rafah so as not to cause more Palestinian civilian casualties.
Palestinian health authorities say more than 34.000 people have been killed in the Israeli assault, which began after Hamas militants attacked Israel on Oct. 7, killing about 1.200 people and taking 253 hostage, according to Israeli figures.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health said on April 21 that Israeli military strikes killed 24 Palestinians and wounded 48 others across the Gaza Strip in the past 79 hours.
In the larger of the two Palestinian territories - the Israeli-occupied West Bank - Israeli officials said soldiers killed two Palestinians who tried to shoot and carry out a knife attack on Sunday.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health reported that both Palestinians had died.
Abu Jehad, a resident of Gaza City who took refuge in Rafah with his family, expressed his fear that the Israelis will attack Rafah if a cease-fire is not reached, and that he will have to flee again.
"We are trapped and everyone is waiting for their turn to die," Jehad said.
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