Gaza hospital destroyed, WHO chief reiterates ceasefire name — International Points

Kamal Adwan Hospital was raided by the Israeli army over 4 days final week and the World Well being Group (WHO) mentioned that many well being employees have been reportedly detained.

“Gaza’s well being system was already on its knees and the lack of one other even minimally functioning hospital is a extreme blow,” Tedros wrote on social platform X.

Lower than a 3rd of Gaza’s 36 hospitals are no less than partially purposeful, together with just one within the enclave’s north.

“Assaults on hospitals, well being personnel and sufferers should finish. Ceasefire NOW,” Tedros insisted.

Displaced individuals’ tents ‘bulldozed’

The WHO chief mentioned that many sufferers at Kamal Adwan needed to self-evacuate “at nice threat to their well being and security” whereas ambulances have been unable to succeed in the ability.

UN humanitarian affairs coordination workplace OCHA mentioned in an replace that on Saturday Israeli forces withdrew from the hospital and based on media stories “an Israeli army bulldozer flattened the tents of a lot of internally displaced individuals outdoors the hospital, killing and wounding an unconfirmed variety of individuals”.

Tedros mentioned on X that WHO is “extraordinarily involved” for the well-being of these displaced individuals.

In line with OCHA the Palestinian Ministry of Well being in Ramallah has referred to as for an investigation into the incident. OCHA additionally quoted the Israeli military as saying that it had detained 90 individuals as a part of the operation and “discovered weapons and munitions contained in the hospital”.

Communications blackout

On account of a telecommunications and web blackout in Gaza which began final Thursday and continued into the weekend, OCHA burdened that its newest replace on the humanitarian scenario within the Strip supplied solely “restricted” data from the previous 24 hours.

Gaza’s well being authorities haven’t up to date their casualty numbers for the reason that begin of the blackout, which at that time stood at 18,787 fatalities and over 50,000 individuals injured since 7 October.

The UN Workplace reported persevering with “heavy Israeli bombardments” throughout the Strip over the weekend specifically in Khan Younis within the south and in a number of areas of Gaza metropolis within the north.

Intense preventing raged between Israeli forces and Palestinian armed teams in Khan Younis and Rafah, in addition to continued firing of rockets by Palestinian armed teams into Israel, OCHA mentioned.

Second border crossing opens for assist

The humanitarian scenario within the enclave stays determined as many of the inhabitants is displaced, crowded right into a small space within the south, going through dire sanitary circumstances and missing meals and water.

Hopes for a scale-up of assist deliveries noticed a lift with the announcement on Friday of the opening of the Kerem Shalom border crossing between Israel and Gaza, which was welcomed by the help neighborhood.

The crossing reportedly opened on Sunday for the primary time since 7 October. Up till this second solely the Rafah border crossing within the south had been open since deliveries resumed on 21 October.

“The quick implementation of this settlement will enhance the circulation of assist,” UN emergency aid chief Martin Griffiths, who heads OCHA, mentioned in response to the event, “however what the individuals in Gaza want most is an finish to this battle”.