Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus wrote on X that “Hospitals in Gaza have as soon as once more grow to be battlegrounds and the well being system is underneath extreme risk”.
He pressured that the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza was “out of service”, and its director physician Hussam Abu Safiya’s “whereabouts are unknown” since he was detained two days in the past.
“The essential sufferers had been moved to Indonesian Hospital, which is itself out of perform,” the WHO chief added.
He famous that some sufferers had been detained throughout hospital transfers, and urged “Israel to make sure their well being care wants and rights are upheld”.
“Al-Ahli Hospital and Al-Wafa Rehabilitation Hospital in Gaza Metropolis additionally confronted assaults right this moment and each are broken,” he added.
“We repeat: cease assaults on hospitals. Folks in Gaza want entry to well being care. Humanitarians want entry to supply well being help. Ceasefire!” he concluded.
On Friday, Israeli forces raided Kamal Adwan Hospital, situated within the northern city of Beit Lahia, burning giant sections of the medical facility and forcing sufferers and displaced civilians to flee.
Israel has killed greater than 45,500 folks in Gaza since a cross-border assault by the Palestinian group Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023 and diminished the enclave to rubble.
In November, the Worldwide Legal Court docket issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Protection Minister Yoav Gallant for struggle crimes and crimes towards humanity in Gaza.
Israel additionally faces a genocide case on the Worldwide Court docket of Justice for its struggle on the enclave.
