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Premature babies moved safely to south Gaza

WARNING: Graphic content. The World Health Organization says 31 premature babies in “extremely critical condition” have been evacuated from Gaza's largest hospital and will be transferred to Egypt on Monday for specialized care. More than 250 patients with severely infected wounds or other urgent conditions remain stranded at Shifa Hospital days after Israeli forces entered the compound.

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Thirty-one premature babies were safely transferred from Gaza's main hospital to another in the south on Sunday, and will be moved to Egypt on Monday, health officials said.
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Palestinians displaced by the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip seek cover from a winter rainfall at a U.N. tent camp in the southern town of Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Sunday, Nov. 19. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have fled their homes in northern Gaza as Israel moves ahead with a ground offensive against the ruling Hamas militant group.
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A man carries his daughter in a wheelbarrow through the flooded streets of a U.N. displacement camp after rainfall in the southern town of Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Sunday, Nov. 19. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have fled their homes in northern Gaza as Israel moves ahead with a ground offensive against the ruling Hamas militant group.
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Palestinians displaced by the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip walk through the flooded street after rainfall next to a U.N. displacement camp in the southern town of Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Sunday, Nov. 19. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have fled their homes in northern Gaza as Israel moves ahead with a ground offensive against the ruling Hamas militant group.
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Palestinian relative carries the body of child Fawze Musleh, killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip at the morgue of al Aqsa Hospital in Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip, Sunday, Nov. 19.
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Trucks carrying humanitarian aid line up at the Rafah Border Crossing, Egypt, on the way to Gaza, Sunday, Nov. 19.
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A nurse cares for prematurely born Palestinian babies that were brought from Shifa Hospital in Gaza City to the hospital in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Sunday, Nov. 19.
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Israeli soldiers carry the flag-draped casket of Staff Sergeant Shachar Fridman, during his funeral in Mt. Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem Sunday, Nov. 19. Fridman was killed during a military ground operation in the Gaza Strip.
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Palestinians carry the bodies of relatives killed in the Israeli bombardment, at the Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Sunday, Nov. 19.
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Palestinians mourn relatives killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in front of the morgue in Deir al Balah, Sunday, Nov. 19.
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Palestinians mourn relatives killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in front of the morgue in Deir al Balah, Sunday, Nov. 19.
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Israeli soldiers are seen during a military operation in the Balata refugee camp, West Bank, Sunday, Nov. 19.
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This photo released by Dr. Marawan Abu Saada shows prematurely born Palestinian babies in Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on Sunday, Nov. 12. As Palestinian authorities are proposing an evacuation of Gaza's biggest hospital, experts warn that transporting vulnerable babies and other patients is perilous even under the best circumstances.

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