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A group of 28 prematurely born babies evacuated from Gaza’s biggest hospital were taken into Egypt for urgent treatment on Monday, while Palestinian health authorities said people were killed inside another Gaza hospital encircled by Israeli tanks.

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Egyptian medics wheel a premature Palestinian baby evacuated from Gaza.-/AFP/Getty Images

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Egyptian medics stand by with incubators to receive premature Palestinian babies evacuated from Gaza.AFP/Getty Images

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Medics transfer premature Palestinian babies evacuated from Gaza to ambulances on the Egyptian side of the Rafah border.THE EGYPTIAN HEALTH MINISTRY/Reuters

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A view of premature Palestinian baby in an incubator, evacuated from Gaza and transferred to an ambulance on the Egyptian side of border.THE EGYPTIAN HEALTH MINISTRY/Reuters

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A group of 28 prematurely born babies evacuated from Gaza’s biggest hospital were taken into Egypt for urgent treatment on Monday.THE EGYPTIAN HEALTH MINISTRY/Reuters

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A nurse prepares premature babies for transport to Egypt after they were evacuated from Shifa Hospital in Gaza City to a hospital in Rafah.Fatima Shbair/The Associated Press

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A Palestinian woman whose premature baby is being transported in Red Crescent ambulances alongside others evacuated from Gaza City's Al Shifa hospital.MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images

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Medics prepare premature babies for transport to Egypt after they were evacuated from Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.Fatima Shbair/The Associated Press

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Palestinian premature babies, evacuated from Gaza City's Al Shifa hospital, are transported in an ambulance.MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images

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Palestinian premature babies, evacuated from Gaza City's Al Shifa hospital.SAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images

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A Palestinian medic cares for premature babies, evacuated from Gaza City's Al Shifa hospital.SAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images

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A group of 28 prematurely born babies evacuated from Gaza’s biggest hospital were taken into Egypt for urgent treatment on Monday,SAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images

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Live footage aired by Egypt’s Al Qahera TV showed medical staff carefully lifting tiny infants from inside an ambulance and placing them in mobile incubators, which were then wheeled across a car park towards other ambulances.SAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images

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Palestinian medics care for premature babies evacuated from Al Shifa hospital to the Emirates hospital in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images

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