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More than 100 premature babies in Gaza at risk as hospitals run out of fuel

Medical personnel work in an operating room at Nasser Hospital, which Gaza's Ministry of Health says is at risk of shutting down due to Israel's blockade on fuel, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, on July 9, 2025 [Hatem Khaled/Reuters]

Two of Gaza’s largest hospitals have issued desperate pleas for help, warning that fuel shortages caused by Israel’s siege could soon turn the medical centres into “silent graveyards”.

The warnings from al-Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza City and Nasser Hospital in southern Khan Younis came on Wednesday, as Israeli forces continued to bombard the Palestinian enclave, killing at least 74 people.

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