Ambulances evacuating premature babies from Gaza have arrived in Egypt through the Rafah crossing. The convoy was met by medical professionals waiting with incubators to take them into care.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) has announced that 28 babies are being transported by ambulance to the Rafah crossing for their transfer to Egyptian hospitals.
Most of the intensive care unit patients, who were on ventilators due to the lack of fuel and oxygen at the Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza, have died, the doctor who leads the burns department at the hospital told Al-Jazeera over the phone from inside the facility on Friday.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would consider "tactical little pauses" in fighting in the Gaza Strip to let hostages leave or aid get through, but again rejected calls for a ceasefire despite international pressure.
Palestinians in Gaza reported fierce air and artillery strikes early on Monday as Israeli troops backed by tanks pressed into the enclave with a ground assault that prompted more international calls for civilians to be protected.