A group of parents in Gaza have described heartbreak as they remain separated

from their babies who were born prematurely in Jerusalem just over a year ago.

They needed specialized care in Israel and their parents were supposed to reunite with them, but the

war has kept them separated, meaning shaky video calls and the closest contact they have

with the children are from those calls. Rachel Younger of independent television news has this report from Jerusalem.

Meet triplets Nadwa, Nore and Neshme,

a handful of mischief at almost 13 months old, a little set-hida who was born just a few weeks

before them.

It should be their parents here playing with them but almost unbelievably having been

born just outside Gaza they're now stuck on different sides of the

impenetrable wall that surrounds it. The only time they get to see their faces are during the fleeting minutes when

they can get a connection to one of the most dangerous places on earth.

Baba or daddy they shout as little Neshmee reaches out for the father she's never met. The hospital can't get hold as Saeeda's parents today. Back in

Gaza, Heba and Sala have been displaced to a tent and with no phone service, often old photos are the only connection they have to

their daughter.

I'm not sure that she recognises me on the, she says, but the nurses tell me she does.

I hope she'll remember my face, so when we finally meet, she won't feel like I'm a stranger. Like the Triplets parents she'd already waited so long for a

daughter they're all IVF babies born here prematurely at the end of last summer

because even then the level of neonatal care here wasn't available

in Gaza.

They come, they get their babies delivered here, then they can stay for a few days or a week or so, and then they have to go home

because the permits usually have limited periods.

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