Clashing reports about number of babies evacuated from al-Shifa hospital
There has been conflicting reports about the definitive number of babies moved today from al-Shifa hospital, to a maternity hospital in southern Gaza.
In an update published yesterday, the World Health Organization (WHO) said there were 291 critically ill patients stranded at al-Shifa - including 32 premature babies "in extremely critical conditions".
But following the mission today - led by the WHO, with support from the UN and Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) - officials from all organisations began using a new figure: 31.
Our BBC Arabic colleagues asked Nebal Farsakh, the PRCS's spokesperson, about this - she said the PRCS was originally told it would be moving 33 premature babies from al-Shifa.
"But unfortunately one baby died yesterday, and another died this morning, [so] we had to move the remaining 31 babies to the Emirati Hospital in the southern city of Rafah," she explained.
Farsakh said the babies had to be "wrapped in foil to maintain their body temperatures [while] on the move - but that their "health condition is good".
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