Thirty-one premature babies trapped in al-Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza without life-sustaining equipment, have been evacuated by ambulance to the south of the Gaza Strip. Of the 39 babies who had been left without incubators when al-Shifa Hospital was left short of fuel and medical supplies after Israeli forces raided on Wednesday, 31 have made it out.Mohammed Zaqout, director-general of hospitals in Gaza, told journalists that "all 31 premature babies in al-Shifa Hospital … have been evacuated” along with three doctors and two nurses, and "preparations are under way” for them to enter Egypt.

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