GENEVA, (PIC)
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday that it had documented 721 Israeli attacks on the health care sector in the occupied Palestinian territory since October 7, 2023.
At a UN news conference, Tarik Jasarevic, a WHO spokesman, said that some 357 of the Israeli attacks were carried out in the Gaza Strip, in which 645 people were killed and 818 others injured.
“The attacks have affected 98 health care facilities, including 27 hospitals that were damaged out of 36, and affected 90 ambulances, including 50 which sustained damage,” Jasarevic added.
He said 364 attacks in the occupied West Bank resulted in 10 fatalities and 62 injuries.
“The attacks have affected 44 health facilities, including 15 mobile clinics and 249 ambulances,” the WHO spokesman added.
During the attacks on the West Bank, there were 251 incidents involving obstruction to health care delivery, 190 incidents involving the use of force, 60 incidents involving detention and 67 incidents involving ambulance searches, Jasarevic said further.
