Tubes of specimens are seen in a broken fridge inside Al Basma IVF Centre, Gaza’s largest fertility clinic which was struck by an Israeli shell — Reuters
WHEN an Israeli shell struck Gaza’s largest fertility clinic in December, the explosion blasted the lids off five liquid nitrogen tanks stored in a corner of the embryology unit.
As the ultra-cold liquid evaporated, the temperature inside the tanks rose, destroying more than 4,000 embryos plus 1,000 more specimens of sperm and unfertilised eggs stored at Gaza City’s Al Basma IVF centre.
