Premature Babies Evacuated from Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospital Amid Israel-Hamas Conflict

Thirty-one premature babies have been safely transferred from Gaza's main hospital to another in the south and will be moved to Egypt, while scores of other critically wounded patients remain stranded there. The fate of the newborns at Shifa Hospital had captured global attention after a power blackout shut down incubators and other equipment, and food, water, and medical supplies ran out as Israeli forces battled Palestinian militants outside the hospital. The World Health Organization (WHO) chief confirmed the evacuation of the babies, along with health workers and staff family members, to a hospital in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. The WHO team reported that 291 patients, including the babies, trauma patients, and others with severe injuries, were still at Shifa Hospital.