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Gaza’s youngest survivors face fresh peril after high-stakes hospital evacuation
After 31 babies were evacuated from Al-Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza in November, the parents of baby Anas Stateh faced an impossible choice: keep Anas with them in Gaza so the family could stay together, or send Anas alone to Egypt where he could be safer. Only mothers were allowed to accompany the babies across the border, so Anas’ parents chose to keep him in Gaza.
It was a decision that Anas’ father says he now regrets. Anas, now five months old, has a hernia that requires urgent surgery, but the war has made it impossible for his parents to get him the help he needs.
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Despite the high-stakes efforts to save the babies in November, six died during the Israeli military’s siege and subsequent raid on Al-Shifa Hospital, according to doctors. Some of the babies who were sent to Egypt have been reunited with their parents, while the families of others have yet to be found. As of today, nine babies are in the nursery without their mothers.
Egyptian and Palestinian authorities said they are determined to track down the families of the babies who have yet to be claimed.
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More on the Israel-Hamas war:
- Hopes of a truce in Gaza and a new hostage deal with Hamas were raised after Benny Gantz, a member of Israel’s war Cabinet, said yesterday there were attempts “to promote a new outline.” He also repeated Israel’s threat to invade the city of Rafah during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan which starts March 10, if there is no hostage deal before then. Follow our live blog.
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