‘Whose is he?’: A Gaza father’s fight for a child who might not be his
Mohammed Lubbad’s wife Amal was pregnant when she died in Israeli air strikes. Then he was told she had given birth.
![Mohammed Lubbad at his home in Deir Al Balah central the Gaza Strip [Abdelhakim Abu Riash/ Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/IMG_9697-1776275579.jpeg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Mohammed Lubbad’s wife Amal was pregnant when she died in Israeli air strikes. Then he was told she had given birth.
![Mohammed Lubbad at his home in Deir Al Balah central the Gaza Strip [Abdelhakim Abu Riash/ Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/IMG_9697-1776275579.jpeg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)





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