Israel-Hamas war live: Babies evacuated from Gaza to Egypt – DW – 11/20/2023

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Twenty-eight premature babies evacuated from al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza were taken through the Rafah crossing on Monday to receive medical treatment in Egypt, according to the Palestine Red Crescent Society.

The Egyptian Al-Qahera News channel broadcast footage showing each baby transferred into an incubator, then into an Egyptian ambulance. 

Over the weekend, a total of 31 infants were transferred from the hospital by the Red Crescent Society and UN aid agencies. 

Health officials said the babies were in "extremely critical condition" and were treated at the Emirates Hospital in Rafah on Sunday, before they were taken to the border on Monday.

The BBC has reported that three premature babies out of the 31 who were evacuated from al-Shifa hospital were not taken to Egypt from Gaza.

The British broadcaster quoted a doctor from Gaza's al-Ahli hospital, to which the babies were initially evacuated, as saying that one of the babies was "unidentified."

The parents of the other two babies refused their relocation to Egypt "due to personal circumstances," according to the BBC report.