Thirty-one premature babies were safely transferred from Gaza’s main hospital to another hospital in the south over the weekend and will be flown to Egypt today, health officials said, according to skynews.com.

At the same time, dozens of other seriously injured people remain trapped in Al Shifa hospital, days after Israeli forces entered the compound.

The fate of the newborns attracted global attention after pictures showed doctors trying to keep them warm and placing many of them in a bed.

A power outage had shut down incubators and other equipment, and food, water and medical supplies had run out as Israeli forces battled Hamas fighters outside the hospital.

World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the “very sick” babies were evacuated, along with six health workers and 10 staff family members.

It said they were taken to a hospital in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where they are receiving emergency care.

A UN official said the babies were at risk of serious infections, with 11 in critical condition.

A WHO team that visited the hospital on Saturday said 291 patients were still there, including babies, patients with severely infected wounds and others with spinal injuries that cannot be moved.

Israel has long claimed that Hamas uses the facility for military purposes – a claim the militant group has denied.

Israeli soldiers, who are based at the hospital and have been searching its grounds for days, say they have found weapons, a tunnel shaft and weapons.