The birth of the twin babies in Khan Yunis recently is the first of its kind in the occupied territory and the hospitals there are ill-equipped to handle the situation, which is due in large part to the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip that prevents the free import of medical and food supplies to the walled-off, densely populated territory.

The babies will be brought from Gaza Strip to the National Guard‘s King Abdulaziz Medical City in Riyadh, Health Minister Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah said in a statement to the Saudi Press Agency on Friday.

Al-Rabeeah thanked the king for the keen interest taken in this medical procedure.