Babies evacuated from Gaza’s Al-Shifa hospital for life-saving treatment – Israel news

The team saw a mass grave at the entrance of the hospital and was told more than 80 people were buried there.

Nov 20, 2023 - 12:10
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Babies evacuated from Gaza’s Al-Shifa hospital for life-saving treatment – Israel news
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Xinhua/Shutterstock (14223032e) Health workers take care of evacuated premature babies at a hospital in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, Nov. 19, 2023. Thirty-one premature babies at the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City were evacuated on Sunday, the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said in a statement. The statement said the PRCS crews transported the babies to a hospital in Rafah City in the south of the Strip. The newborns, in rapidly deteriorating condition, were at imminent risk of death, following the tragic death of several other babies and the total collapse of all medical services at Al-Shifa, the UN Children's Fund said in a statement. Mideast Gaza Palestinian Israeli Conflict Premature Babies Evacuated - 19 Nov 2023
Health workers take care of evacuated premature babies at a hospital in the southern Gaza Strip (Picture: Xinhua/Shutterstock)

Premature babies evacuated from Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza on Sunday are on their way to the Rafah crossing to be taken for urgent treatment in Egypt.

The Palestinian Red Crescent confirmed its ambulance teams have left the Emirati hospital, transporting 28 infants.

The Egyptian minister of health is reportedly at the El Arish airport, some 30 miles from the Gaza border, as part of the team receiving the newborns.

In total, 31 babies were moved from Al-Shifa this weekend after Israel’s days-long siege of the hospital.

It is not yet known if or when the other three will also be transported to Egypt for treatment.

This comes as fears mount that Israel is in the beginning stages of an onslaught of another hospital in northern Gaza.

Fierce fighting is ongoing at the Indonesian hospital, with at least a dozen people killed and more injured.