Riyadh, April 11: Saudi Health Minister Abdullah al-Rabeeah said Saturday that the conjoined Palestinian twins who were flown to Riyadh from the Gaza Strip to be separated have died.
On Friday evening, the minister said the girls, Rital and Ritaj, cannot be separated and did not have long to live.
Al-Rabeeah said that tests and x-rays showed they suffered from severe bacterial chest infection.
“The two children are in a life-threatening situation and similar cases have not survived,” the minister added in a statement.
The twins were born on March 27.
Saudi King Abdullah paid for them to be flown to his country for surgery.
–Agencies