Israel’s assault on Gaza forced nurse to leave premature babies behind. They were later found decomposing
Dispatch
A premature baby lies in an incubator in Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on October 22. Thirty-one premature babies from Al-Shifa were eventually evacuated to Egypt. Photo: Reuters/Mohammed Al-Masri
The nurse in the besieged hospital was caring for five fragile babies. Infants, born premature, their parents’ whereabouts after a month of war unknown. Now he faced the most difficult decision of his life.
It was the height of Israel’s assault on northern Gaza last month, and al-Nasr Children’s Hospital was a war zone. The day before, airstrikes had cut off the Gaza City facility’s oxygen supplies. Israeli tanks had surrounded the hospital complex, and the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) were calling and texting the doctors, urging them to leave.
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