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Premature babies arrive for treatment in Egypt as fighting breaks out at another Gaza hospital

Twenty-nine premature babies who were still in Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospital after its evacuation arrived in Egypt on Monday, according to Egyptian state media Al-Qahera News.

Twenty-nine premature babies who were still in Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospital after its evacuation arrived in Egypt on Monday, according to Egyptian state media Al-Qahera News.

Photo: Associated Press / Hatem Ali

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Several reported killed at Indonesian Hospital in northern half of Gaza

A group of 28 prematurely born babies evacuated from Gaza's biggest hospital were taken into Egypt for urgent treatment on Monday, while Palestinian health authorities said people were killed inside another Gaza hospital encircled by Israeli tanks.

The newborns had been in north Gaza's Al-Shifa hospital, where several others died after their incubators were knocked out amid a collapse of medical services during Israel's military assault on Gaza City.

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