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WHO: 9,000 Palestinian patients need emergency evacuation from Gaza

Saturday-30-March-2024

The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed on Saturday that thousands of patients in Gaza continue to be deprived of health care, with only 10 hospitals operating on a limited basis.

WHO: The conditions in Al-Awda and Kamal Adwan hospitals are “horrific”

Tuesday-5-March-2024

Following a visit to Al-Awda and Kamal Adwan hospitals in southern Gaza, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday that “there are children dying of hunger in the two hospitals.”

WHO Chief: The destruction surrounding Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza is beyond words

Saturday-2-March-2024

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus described on Saturday the extent of destruction surrounding Al-Shifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip which has been targeted by Israeli attacks as "beyond words".

WHO: The health and humanitarian situation in Gaza is inhumane

Thursday-22-February-2024

The health and humanitarian situation in Gaza is inhumane and continues to deteriorate, said the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

WHO: Attack on Rafah would cause unimaginable disaster

Thursday-15-February-2024

Richard Peppercorn, a representative of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Gaza and the West Bank, said on Wednesday that "an Israeli military attack on the city of Rafah in southern Gaza Strip would cause an unimaginable disaster."

WHO warns of devastating repercussions of expanding Israeli ground offensive in Rafah

Monday-12-February-2024

The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said on Sunday that reports of Israel’s plans to evacuate Palestinians from the Rafah area in the southern Gaza Strip to expand its ground offensive are “extremely worrying.”

WHO: 712 Israeli attacks on Palestinian health sector since October 7

Saturday-10-February-2024

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.

WHO: Everyone in Gaza is hungry, many are starving

Friday-9-February-2024

The World Health Organization (WHO) warned that infectious diseases are spreading in the Gaza Strip.

WHO: Allow more aid into Gaza or risk famine

Thursday-1-February-2024

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday said that the risk of famine is increasing every day in the Gaza Strip’s hospitals.

WHO expresses concern for patients in Nasser hospital

Wednesday-31-January-2024

Amid continuing heavy Israeli bombing in Gaza on Tuesday morning, including reported attacks on hospitals in the southern city of Khan Yunis, the World Health Organization (WHO) expressed deep concern for patients and others seeking treatment who had “no way in and out.”