Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says medical amenities have as soon as once more develop into ‘battlegrounds’ within the battle between Israel and Hamas.
Israel should cease concentrating on Palestinian medical amenities, the World Well being Group’s (WHO) director-general has mentioned, just a few days after Israeli forces raided one of many final functioning hospitals in northern Gaza.
The Israeli military detained greater than 240 folks at Kamal Adwan Hospital on Friday, together with the director, Dr Hussam Abu Safiya — whom it accused, with out offering proof, of being a Hamas operative.
MedGlobal, the humanitarian organisation that employs Abu Safiya, referred to as the raid a part of an “alarming and egregious sample of concentrating on medical personnel and areas”, whereas the WHO described it as a part of a “systematic dismantling of the well being system”.
Writing on X on Monday, the WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus referred to as for Dr Abu Safiya’s rapid launch.
“Hospitals in Gaza have as soon as once more develop into battlegrounds and the well being system is beneath extreme menace,” Dr Tedros mentioned.
“We repeat: cease assaults on hospitals. Individuals in Gaza want entry to well being care. Humanitarians want entry to supply well being help. Ceasefire!”
In an replace on Gaza’s healthcare sector, Dr Tedros mentioned that the Al-Ahli Hospital and Al-Wafa Rehabilitation Hospital in Gaza Metropolis have been attacked on Monday, whereas 4 sufferers have been detained as they have been transferred from the Indonesia Hospital to the Al-Shifa Hospital.
Seven sufferers and 15 caregivers and well being staff remained on the Indonesian Hospital, which is severely broken and longer capable of present care, he added.
Within the nearly 15 months since Hamas’ lethal 7 October assault on Israel, greater than 45,400 Palestians have been killed — greater than half of them girls and kids — and 108,000 others injured. Practically 2 million folks have been displaced.
Support staff have warned that many Palestinians in Gaza are going through plunging temperatures with out blankets or heat clothes.
On Sunday, Jumaa al-Batran, a 20-day-old child, grew to become the fifth particular person to die from hypothermia in Gaza, based on its Ministry of Well being. The kid’s twin brother, Ali, stays in intensive care.
