Dwindling fuel for Gaza’s hospital generators puts premature babies at risk

Palestinian doctors treat a prematurely born baby at Al Aqsa Hospital (Adel Hana/AP)

A premature baby squirms inside a glass incubator in the neonatal ward of al-Aqsa Hospital in the central Gaza Strip.

He cries out as intravenous lines are connected to his tiny body. A ventilator helps him breathe as a catheter delivers medication and monitors flash his fragile vital signs.