GAZA’s Health Ministry has said at least 63 Palestinians have been killed and 45 injured in Israeli attacks across the enclave in the past 24 hours.
Iran Press/ West Asia: The World Health Organization (WHO) has said the destruction in Khan Younis and damage to the medical sector was ‘disproportionate to anything one can imagine’ after the Israeli army withdrawal.
At least 33,545 Palestinians have been killed and 76,094 injured in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7. The death toll in Israel from Hamas’s October 7 attacks stands at 1,139, with dozens of people still held captive.
Meanwhile, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), posted on X that the WHO and partners went to Khan Younis yesterday to assess the health facilities there.
He said the team described the destruction as “disproportionate to anything one can imagine”.
He said, “Attacks and hostilities have left Nasser Medical Complex, al-Amal and al-Khair hospitals non-functional. These facilities have no oxygen supply, water, electricity or sewage system”.
“The team saw that the Nasser Medical Complex warehouse – which supplies many hospitals in the south – was burning, and severely damaged. It is estimated that fire has destroyed the majority of supplies, including a substantial amount of essential medicines and medical and trauma supplies provided by WHO and partners” he said.
“The once robust health system in Gaza is broken. WHO and partners stand ready to support reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts, but we need a ceasefire,” he concluded, adding, “Nothing else can bring a lasting and humane outcome”.
