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Gaza: ‘Endless needs’ reflect spiralling situation as hospitals shut down, WHO warns

·November 17, 2023·2 min read

“What we do know is that the health system is on its knees,” said Dr. Richard Peeperkorn, World Health Organization Representative in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, in the wake of Hamas militants’ terror attack on Israel on 7 October that left 1,200 dead and the heavy bombardment of the enclave by the Israeli military in response. ...

Gaza: ‘Hospitals are not battlegrounds’, children’s suffering must stop, UN humanitarians say

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·November 15, 2023·3 min read

Her comments came amid reports on Wednesday morning of an ongoing Israeli Defense Forces raid inside Gaza City’s Al-Shifa hospital, where patients including premature babies have died over the course of the past days after incubators and other life-saving equipment lost power. “Hospitals are not battlegrounds,” UN relief chief Martin...

Attacks on or near Gaza hospitals ‘unconscionable, reprehensible and must stop’: Relief chief

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·November 11, 2023·2 min read

In a statement, the Israeli military denied that it had targeted Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, which they claim is above a Hamas command post, but have acknowledged that fighting is happening “around” the facility. UN relief and humanitarian affairs chief, Martin Griffiths, tweeted that in light of “horrific reports...

Gaza hospitals hanging on by a thread: UN humanitarians

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·October 30, 2023·3 min read

The vicinities of Shifa and Al Quds hospitals in Gaza city and of the Indonesian hospital in northern Gaza, have been bombarded over the weekend, UN humanitarian affairs coordination office OCHA said. “This followed renewed calls by the Israeli military to evacuate these facilities immediately,” OCHA added. Relief chief: Protect...