Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has said there are 15 newborns in incubators at the facility’s neonatal intensive care unit, who are all dependent on electricity provided by fuel generators, Al Jazeera reports.

“Without fuel, these newborns are at risk of losing their lives,” said Pascale Coissard, MSF’s emergency coordinator.

“The babies in incubators rely on constant electricity for the ventilators that are keeping them alive. They are already in an extremely vulnerable state, and any transfer to other hospitals would directly endanger their lives,” she continued.

“Putting the lives of children at risk like this is unacceptable and is a consequence of Israel’s ongoing blockade and continuous criminal looting of lifesaving supplies.”

MSF said it and other groups have been warning for over a year that the woefully inadequate supply of aid is threatening the lives of people in Gaza. “We have now reached a tipping point where one of the last specialised hospitals in the south of Gaza risks being out of order because of lack of fuel,” it added.