Israeli Military Says It Will Help Evacuate Babies From Gaza Hospital

The Israeli military will help to evacuate babies trapped in Gaza’s Al-Shifa Hospital on Nov. 12, Chief Israeli military spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said on Nov. 11, after Hamas accused it of putting the hospital under “complete siege.” “The staff of the Shifa hospital has requested that tomorrow we help the babies in the pediatric department to get to a safer hospital. We will provide the assistance needed,” Rear Adm. Hagari told a news conference amid intense fighting against Hamas in the vicinity of the hospital where Israel says Hamas is concentrating its operations. Ashraf Al-Qidra, who represents the health ministry in Hamas-controlled Gaza, had said there were 45 babies in total. He said that the hospital had ceased functioning since Nov. 11, after it ran out of fuel. He said that two babies had died in an incubator as a result....