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Two premature babies die, 37 under threat at Gaza’s al-Shifa Hospital

Palestinian doctors treat a prematurely born baby at al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir el-Balah, Gaza Strip, on October 22, 2023 [File: Adel Hana/AP]

Two premature babies have died at Gaza’s al-Shifa Hospital after the neonatal intensive care unit stopped working due to a lack of electricity, the facility’s director has said.

Thirty-seven other babies, also in the neonatal intensive care unit, are at risk of losing their lives as the hospital runs out of fuel to power their incubators, Director Mohammed Abu Salmiya told Al Jazeera on Saturday.

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