MAP 'deeply concerned' over Israeli plans to move babies to 'safer hospital'

Medical Aid for Palestinians issued a statement on X, formerly Twitter, on Sunday, saying it was "deeply concerned" over Israeli plans to move premature babies to a "safer hospital".

It said: "The only safe option to save these babies would be for Israel to cease its assault and besiegement of Al Shifa, to allow fuel to reach the hospital, and to ensure that the surviving parents of these babies can be reunited with them."

It added: "The transfer of critically ill neonates is a complex and technical process which MAP has been working to develop in Gaza.

"With ambulances unable to reach the hospital and no hospital with capacity to receive them, there is no indication of how this [moving them] can be done safely."

According to Israeli media, the Israeli military said that they would be helping "the babies in the paediatric department to get to a safer hospital. We will provide the assistance needed."