Israeli Bombardment: Premature Gaza Babies Reach Egypt

A first group of prematurely born babies evacuated from Gaza’s biggest hospital were taken into Egypt for treatment on Monday, while Palestinian Health Authorities have said people were killed inside another hospital encircled by Israeli tanks.

More than two dozens babies were expected to cross, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent and Egypt’s Al Qahera TV, following Israeli Forces evacuation order.

The newborns had been in North Gaza’s Al Shifa hospital, where several other newborns died amid a collapse in medical services partly caused by power cuts when

Live footage aired by Al Qahera showed medical staff carefully lifting tiny infants from inside an ambulance and placing them in mobile incubators, which were then wheeled across a car park towards other ambulances.

The babies had been transported on Sunday to a hospital in Rafah, on the Southern border of Hamas-ruled Gaza, so their condition could be stabilised ahead of transfer to Egypt.

At a separate hospital, funded by Indonesia, Gaza’s Health Ministry said at least 12 Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded by firing into the complex encircled by Israeli tanks.

REUTERS