Posted on Nov 21, 2023
The Gaza war's youngest evacuees reach safety in Egypt — many without their parents
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For days, Nour Al-Banna didn't know if her babies were dead or alive.
On Oct. 4, Al-Banna gave birth to twin girls — her first children — and named them Leen and Bayan. They were born prematurely and needed extra care. So they were transferred to Gaza City's Al-Shifa Hospital, a modern facility with a fleet of incubators for newborns.
For days, Nour Al-Banna didn't know if her babies were dead or alive.
On Oct. 4, Al-Banna gave birth to twin girls — her first children — and named them Leen and Bayan. They were born prematurely and needed extra care. So they were transferred to Gaza City's Al-Shifa Hospital, a modern facility with a fleet of incubators for newborns.
The Gaza war's youngest evacuees reach safety in Egypt — many without their parents
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..."On Monday, Al-Banna was reunited with her daughters at Gaza's Rafah border crossing with Egypt. The mother sat in the back of an ambulance with her daughters, who were wearing blue fleece hats, bundled under blankets, all making the journey to Egypt together.
Later, they were flown from the Egyptian side of the Gaza border to the capital Cairo for further care, Harris says.
In the ambulance at Rafah with Al-Banna and her two daughters were four other premature babies. She doesn't know who they belong to.
NPR counted only four parents, including Al-Banna — all mothers, no fathers — accompanying the convoy of 28 infant evacuees Monday. Poor communications in Gaza have made it difficult for medics to contact many of the babies' parents.
It's not known how many of the parents are still alive.
So Al-Banna says she will look after as many of these other babies as she's able, on their journey out of this war."
..."On Monday, Al-Banna was reunited with her daughters at Gaza's Rafah border crossing with Egypt. The mother sat in the back of an ambulance with her daughters, who were wearing blue fleece hats, bundled under blankets, all making the journey to Egypt together.
Later, they were flown from the Egyptian side of the Gaza border to the capital Cairo for further care, Harris says.
In the ambulance at Rafah with Al-Banna and her two daughters were four other premature babies. She doesn't know who they belong to.
NPR counted only four parents, including Al-Banna — all mothers, no fathers — accompanying the convoy of 28 infant evacuees Monday. Poor communications in Gaza have made it difficult for medics to contact many of the babies' parents.
It's not known how many of the parents are still alive.
So Al-Banna says she will look after as many of these other babies as she's able, on their journey out of this war."
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