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Gaza hospital workers trying to save babies

Gaza's Hamas-run Ministry of Health said the health sector in Gaza was "in a state of complete collapse" on Monday, as three major hospitals, including the enclave's largest medical center, Al Shifa Hospital, all went "out of service." At Al Shifa, dozens of babies requiring intensive care were at grave risk after their incubators shut off due to lack of electricity, the ministry said. CBS News foreign correspondent Ramy Inocencio has more.

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State Department on crisis at Gaza hospitals

The World Health Organization says Gaza's largest hospital, the Al Shifa hospital, has been without water for days and is not able to function as a hospital anymore. Gaza's Hamas-run Ministry of Health said Monday other hospitals also were out of service. Israel says Hamas complexes lie under the Al Shifa hospital compound, which the group denies. Vedant Patel, the principal deputy spokesperson for the State Department, joined CBS News to discuss the situation in Gaza.

Dire situation at Gaza's largest hospital

Warnings of a health sector collapse are increasing as alarming images from inside Gaza's Al Shifa Hospital show premature babies being kept warm by aluminum foil as the World Health Organization says the facility has been without fuel for days. Israel said Hamas is using the hospital as a command center and medical personnel and patients are being used as human shields; Hamas and the doctors deny that. CBS News correspondent Natalie Brand reports on the latest, and Alyona Synenko, a spokesperson for the International Committee of the Red Cross, joined CBS News to discuss.

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