Title: Palestinian Health: 39 Children "Threatened with Death" at Al-Shifa Hospital

The Palestinian Ministry of Health indicated today, Saturday, that "39 children are threatened with death at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza, following power outages and shortages of oxygen and medicine." The ministry issued a statement correcting comments made by Minister of Health Mai Alkaila, who stated, "39 children have martyred...39 infants in the neonatal intensive care unit have died...the death of 39 children because they couldn't get oxygen or medicine and electricity cut off on them." The ministry reiterated in its statement that "one child has died," echoing what Ashraf al-Qudra, its spokesperson in Gaza, told Reuters.