Premature infants found decomposing in Al-Nasr Hospital, Gaza, post-evacuation

Premature infants, tragically abandoned during the evacuation of Al-Nasr Hospital in November 2023, were discovered to be still decomposing on their hospital beds.

Shared on 15 February by a user on X (formerly Twitter), a distressing video showcased the severe decomposition of these infants’ bodies, garnering 2 million views and evoking a range of emotions from global netizens.

Remember the premature babies that were left to die in Al Nasr Hospital in Gaza in November?

They've been found still there, totally decomposed, turned into skeletons.

Despite mass media coverage, the IOF didn't arrange for their bodies to be removed & buried. They were just… pic.twitter.com/h0i0t5Mvo3

— Khalissee (@Kahlissee) February 14, 2024

On 27 November 2023, Emirati TV journalist Mohammed Baalousha reported the grim discovery of the decomposing infants in Al-Nasr’s pediatric ICU, located in Gaza City.

The evacuation occurred amidst the Israeli military’s continued ground invasion of northern Gaza, prompting repeated calls for evacuation from hospitals in the area.

As detailed in a 2 December 2023 report by NBC News, heavy gunfire and shelling, along with the encirclement of the hospital by Israeli tanks, prevented the safe evacuation of five premature babies reliant on oxygen machines.

Dr Mustafa Al-Kahlot, the hospital’s director, emphasized the impossibility of manually evacuating children in need of oxygen support amid such hazardous conditions.