WHO condemns Gaza hospital attack
- October 17, 2023
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World Health Organization (WHO) condemned with all possible force the attack on Al Ahli Arab Hospitalin the northern Gaza Strip, an active medical facility whose explosion resulted in
World Health Organization (WHO) condemned with all possible force the attack on Al Ahli Arab Hospitalin the northern Gaza Strip, an active medical facility whose explosion resulted in hundreds of deaths and injuries.
“The hospital operated this time too patients, medical workers and internally displaced persons found shelter“, the organization stated.
The hospital was one of 20 in the northern Gaza Strip subject to the same southward evacuation order that the Israeli army issued to the entire population of that part of the Palestinian enclave, according to WHO. 1.1 million people.
“The evacuation order cannot be implemented due to the current instability, the critical condition of many patients and the lack of ambulances, staff, health care beds and alternative shelters for displaced people,” the organization explained.
.@KUIEN Strongly condemns the attack on Al-Ahly Arab Hospital in northern Gaza.
According to preliminary data, hundreds of dead and wounded.
We call for the immediate protection of civilians and health care, and for the lifting of evacuation orders.#NotATarget
— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@DrTedros) October 17, 2023
From the first moment WHO warned that hospital evacuation where there are from babies in incubators to critically ill patients whose continued lives depend on medical equipment, it was completely unrealistic.
WHO reiterated its call for active and immediate protection of civilians and health care, especially after 28 health workers were killed in several attacks that also targeted ambulances and various types of Palestinian medical facilities.
“The evacuation order must be lifted. International humanitarian law must be respected, which means that health care must be actively protected and never come under attack,” the WHO emphasized.
EFE
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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