内容摘要："We had talked about it but we'd both gone off to do other things and it just didn't happen," says Forbes, now an associate artist with the Royal Shakespeare Company.

"We had talked about it but we'd both gone off to do other things and it just didn't happen," says Forbes, now an associate artist with the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Dr Ghalayini says the centre stored embryos for patients being treated at other clinics as well as their own. "I'm talking about 4,000 frozen embryos. These are not just numbers, they're people's dreams. People who waited years, went through painful treatments, and pinned their hopes on these tanks that were ultimately destroyed."He estimates that between 100 and 150 women lost what may have been their only chance at having children, as many cannot undergo the procedure again. "Some are getting older, some are cancer patients, others suffer chronic illnesses. Many received strong fertility medications that they can receive just once. Starting again is not easy."

When approached for comment, the Israel Defense Forces told the BBC they would be better able to respond if the "specific time of the strike" was provided.They added that they "operate according to international law and take precautions to minimize civilian harm".In March this year, the UN's Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory made the accusation that Israel "intentionally attacked and destroyed the Basma IVF clinic" in a measure "intended to prevent births among Palestinians in Gaza".

It also alleged that Israel prevented aid, including medicines necessary to ensure safe pregnancy, childbirth, and neonatal care from reaching women.The commission went on to claim that Israeli authorities "destroyed in part the reproductive capacity of the Palestinians in Gaza as a group… one of the categories of genocidal acts".

At the time of the report, Israel's permanent mission to the UN issued a statement saying it "categorically rejects these baseless accusations".

And Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded angrily, calling the Human Rights Council - which commissioned the report - "an antisemitic, rotten, terrorist-supporting and irrelevant body".But Rozentals says the programme's funding is nowhere near enough.

"I don't know how much you need but it's certainly not £16,000," said Rozentals."When you have to cover rent, travel, food... and most athletes who train full-time are all living in London.

"They're very fortunate to have parent backing - I wasn't. I never had the ability to move to London because of financial struggles so I was always doing the travel from the East Midlands, where I live, to London, back-and-forth, back-and-forth."Rozentals, who won individual C1 silver at the World Under-23 Championships in 2023, is awaiting the outcome of the investigation.