WHO calls for end to Israeli attacks on Gaza hospitals
The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for an end to deadly Israeli attacks on hospitals in the Gaza Strip, where the health system has collapsed due to a genocidal war.
In an X post on Monday, WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus renewed his call for a Gaza ceasefire after the Israeli military targeted the al-Ahli Arab and al-Wafaa hospitals in Gaza City, killing seven people in the latter.
“Hospitals in Gaza have once again become battlegrounds and the health system is under severe threat,” he said.
“We repeat: stop attacks on hospitals. People in Gaza need access to health care. Humanitarians need access to provide health aid. Ceasefire!”
Hospitals in #Gaza have once again become battlegrounds and the health system is under severe threat.
— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@DrTedros) December 30, 2024
Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern #Gaza is out of service — following the raid, forced patient and staff evacuation and the detention of its director, Dr Hussam Abu Safiya two…
On Friday, Israeli forces stormed the Kamal Adwan hospital in Gaza’s northern city of Beit Lahia, set fire to the facility, and detained more than 240 people, including dozens of medical staff, among them its director Dr. Hussam Abu Safia.
The violent raid shut down the last major functioning health facility in northern Gaza and forced the displacement of patients and medics.
The WHO chief called for the immediate release of Abu Safia, whose whereabouts are unknown.
He also noted that the critical patients at the Kamal Adwan Hospital were moved to the Indonesian Hospital which is itself out of function.
The WHO and partners had delivered basic medical supplies, food and water to the Indonesian hospital in Beit Lahia and transferred 10 critical patients to al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, he said, adding that four patients were detained during the transfer.
“We urge Israel to ensure their health care needs and rights are upheld,” Ghebreyesus said.
“Seven patients along with 15 caregivers and health workers remain at the severely damaged Indonesian Hospital, which has no ability to provide care.”
Israel launched its brutal Gaza onslaught on October 7, 2023, after the Palestinian Hamas resistance group carried out a historic operation against the usurping entity in retaliation for its intensified atrocities against the Palestinian people.
So far, the occupying regime has killed at least 45,514 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injured 108,189 others, in the besieged territory.
During its bloody onslaught, Israel has targeted Gaza’s civilian facilities, including hospitals, in blatant violation of international law.
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