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U.N. Mission Reunites 11 Gaza Toddlers With Families After Two Years

The children were among 29 preterm babies evacuated from Gaza’s Al Shifa hospital, and seven of them died in Egypt, doctors said.

  • On Monday, 11 Palestinian toddlers reunited with their families in Gaza after a two-year separation, having been evacuated as premature infants from Al Shifa Hospital in November 2023.
  • Israeli forces raided the neonatal unit in November 2023, forcing emergency evacuation of 29 premature babies to Egypt, where seven infants died during their time there.
  • Mother Sundus Al-Kurd embraced daughter Bissan on Monday, saying, "Today is like a birthday, like a new beginning," after fearing the child would not recognize her following two and a half years apart.
  • Despite the reunions, Gaza faces severe medical shortages; Mohamed Abu Selmia, director of Shifa Hospital, stated there is "a shortage of essential medications for premature infants" complicating ongoing newborn care.
  • Beyond the 11 who returned, other evacuated children remain with family outside the territory, while families like the Lulus who reunited with daughter Kinda now face difficulties raising children in tent encampments in Gaza.
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Evacuated from Gaza as newborns, a group of Palestinian toddlers returns to an uncertain future

Eleven toddlers from Gaza are reuniting with their families after doctors evacuated them as premature newborns during blackouts at Shifa Hospital

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The girl is one of at least eight premature newborns who had to be evacuated during the intense fighting in Gaza at the start of the war.

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