Gaza hospitals struggle to keep premature infants alive amid fuel crisis: Video

Dozens of premature babies face imminent death due to a severe fuel and electricity shortage that has disabled life-saving medical equipment like ventilators and incubators at Al-Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza.

The hospital, overwhelmed and under-resourced, has resorted to placing multiple infants in a single incubator or using blankets for warmth.

One tragic case involves Mohammed Natiez, whose baby girl died shortly after birth when no power was available to support her survival.

His wife had been severely injured in an Israeli airstrike and, according to CGTN, underwent an emergency C-section. Natiez blames the fuel crisis for his daughter’s death.

"It was the lack of fuel that killed my daughter. If there had been fuel, she would still be alive. We are just sitting in the tent. Tell me, what could a child like this have done (to deserve this)?" he queried.

The bereaved father is pleading for fuel to be made available to the hospital to protect the remaining babies.

"There are many more babies like my daughter who could die because of the fuel shortage. Please, send fuel to the hospital. This should not have happened. Send fuel to the hospital, to the children," he added.

Palestine's health ministry has revealed that over 58,000 people have been killed in Gaza since the Israeli-Hamas war started in October 2023.