Key takeaways:
- 31 premature babies were evacuated from Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, coordinated by the WHO and UNOCHA.
- Israeli forces raided Gaza’s main hospital and advanced on the Indonesian Hospital.
- The WHO and UNOCHA are working together to ensure the safety of those in need of medical care.
Yesterday, the World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) evacuated 31 premature babies from Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, the territory’s largest. The transfer was done in coordination with the WHO and UNOCHA, and was posted on X. This comes after Israeli forces raided Gaza’s main hospital.
On Monday, heavy fighting erupted around a hospital in northern Gaza, where thousands of patients and displaced people have been sheltering for weeks. Israeli forces are focusing on clearing medical facilities that they say Hamas militants use for cover.
Yesterday, more than two dozen babies arrived in Egypt after being transferred from Gaza, according to Egyptian state-run media. The transfer was done in coordination with the WHO and UNOCHA.
The evacuation of the babies from Shifa Hospital in Gaza City and the advance on the Indonesian Hospital are part of a larger effort to protect medical facilities in the region. The WHO and UNOCHA are working together to ensure the safety of those in need of medical care.
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