US EditionU.N. Mission Reunites 11 Gaza Toddlers With Families After Two Years
The children, evacuated from Al Shifa Hospital in 2023, returned under a U.N.-organized mission after a U.S.-brokered deal reopened the Gaza-Egypt border.
- 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
The Story of the Palestinian Mother Who Reunited with Her Daughter Evacuated From Gaza After 2 Years
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.
From incubators to home: Gaza toddlers reunite with families after two years
Gaza Strip: More than two years after his oldest daughter, Kinda, was evacuated from the neonatal intensive care unit at the Gaza Strip’s largest hospital, Samer Lulu beamed as he hoisted her into his arms. The last time he saw Kinda was before she and a group of other newborns left Shifa Hospital in November 2023, after the electricity was cut, turning off the incubators that were keeping them warm enough to survive. Also ReadToddlers in Gaza g…
Toddlers Evacuated From Gaza As Premature Babies Reunite With Families Two Years Later
In one of the scariest moments in modern history, we're doing our best at ScheerPost to pierce the fog of lies that conceal it but we need some help to pay our writers and staff. Please consider a tax-deductible donation. Ohood Nassar Prism Eleven toddlers who were evacuated as premature babies returned to the Gaza Strip on March 30, after a harsh journey that began in November 2023, when they were forced to leave the enclave during Israel’s fir…
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