Thirty-one neonatal infants were evacuated from al-Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza, alongside six health workers and 10 staff family members, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on 19 November. The evacuation was carried out through a joint mission by WHO, the Palestinian Red Crescent, and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Ambulances carrying 28 premature babies crossed from Gaza into Egypt for life-saving treatment on 20 November after being evacuated from al-Shifa hospital to Rafah the day before. Three of the 31 babies evacuated from al-Shifa reportedly stayed in Gaza as the families of two infants preferred them to stay for personal reasons, while the identity