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World Well being Group Director-Normal Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Saturday reiterated calls for defense of the few hospitals nonetheless working in Gaza, following reviews of recent Israeli assaults on two healthcare amenities within the northern Gaza Strip.
“Hospitality close to hospitals can rapidly render them unusable by endangering entry,” Ghebreyesus wrote on X. “We can’t ask louder: healthcare have to be protected.”
World Well being Group Director-Normal Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus addresses contributors on the World Well being Summit 2024 in Berlin, Germany, on October 14, 2024.
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Ghebreyesus’ newest name adopted reported Israeli assaults on the Indonesian hospital and Al-Awda hospital in northern Gaza.
Each are within the Jabalia space within the north of the strip, which is the main focus of a brand new Israeli offensive and a sweeping evacuation order for residents.
“We name for sustainable and protected entry to achieve all sufferers and healthcare staff in want,” Ghebreyesus wrote. “We name for a direct ceasefire!”
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The WHO chief mentioned the group is “planning a mission on Sunday to the Kamal Adwan Hospital” in Beit Lahia – simply north of Jabalia – “to ship gas, medical provides, blood and meals and transport crucial sufferers to the Shifa hospital.”
“It’s essential that Kamal Adwan and Al-Awda hospitals stay operational,” Ghebreyesus mentioned.
Gaza’s 36 hospitals and 9 subject hospitals have been severely affected by greater than a 12 months of warfare.
ABC Information evaluation discovered that as of September 24, solely 4 subject hospitals have been nonetheless functioning, all within the central or southern a part of the strip. Twenty-two hospitals have been partially functioning, whereas the remaining 19 weren’t functioning.
-Jordana Miller of ABC Information
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