A group of 28 premature babies have been evacuated from Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza to Cairo, Egypt.

Footage from November 20 shows the babies arriving in Cairo after being transferred from the Emirati Hospital in Rafah.

Head of the neonatal unit at the Rafah hospital, Dr Mohammad Salama, said: "The babies arrived to me from al-Shifa Hospital. They were in a catastrophic condition when they got here."

This footage was filmed and produced 20 November 2023.

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A group of 28 premature babies from Gaza have been evacuated from a hospital inside the besieged Palestinian enclave to Egypt to receive treatment.

“The babies arrived to me from al-Shifa Hospital. They were in a catastrophic condition when they got here,” said Dr Mohammad Salama, head of the neonatal unit at Al-Helal Al-Emirati Maternity Hospital in Rafah in southern Gaza.

Medical staff on the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing were seen on Monday carefully picking up babies from inside ambulances and placing them in mobile incubators, which were then wheeled across a car park towards other ambulances.

The babies, from a total of 31 who were moved on Sunday from the besieged al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City to the maternity hospital in Rafah as a first step towards evacuation, wore only nappies and tiny green hats.

This video illustrates various shots of baby transfer in Cairo.