Premature babies at risk as Israeli forces besiege Gaza hospital, director warns

Premature babies are among those at risk of dying if one of the remaining hospitals in northern Gaza follows Israeli orders to evacuate, the facility’s director warned.

Premature babies are among those at risk of dying if one of the remaining hospitals in northern Gaza follows Israeli orders to evacuate, the facility’s director warned Monday.

But even staying put poses a risk to 400 people, including patients, medics and sheltering civilians, who are in Kamal Adwan Hospital, according to its director, Dr. Husam Abu Safiya.

Abu Safiya said that, over the weekend, tanks and bulldozers encircled the hospital’s western gates, with heavy gunfire continuously aimed at the facility in Beit Latiya. 

“Bullets had penetrated the intensive care unit, the maternity department and the specialized surgery department,” he said in a statement issued via WhatsApp. 

A baby is treated at Kamal Adwan Hospital on Nov. 15. Khalil Ramzi Alkahlut / Anadolu via Getty Images fileOn Telegram, Gaza’s Health Ministry also stated that the hospital was being attacked with explosives. 

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/gaza-hospital-babies-in-danger-kamal-adwan-idf-rcna185218

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