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Evening Standard
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Jitendra Joshi

Premature babies rushed from Gaza hospital as hopes of hostage release deal rise

Ambulances began the evacuation of 28 premature babies out of Gaza on Monday morning so they can receive medical treatment in Egypt.

The babies were being transported to the Rafah crossing and will be treated in Egyptian hospitals once over the border, the Palestinian Red Crescent said. The evacuation came after the World Health Organisation said the infants were threatened by the prospect of serious infection, with 11 in critical condition.

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