Gaza: UN health agency warns over continuing attacks on healthcare

The unrelenting war in Gaza hasn’t spared hospitals, their staff or the people sheltering there, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday as it unveiled data indicating more than 350 attacks on healthcare in the enclave since hostilities erupted. https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2024/02/1146387
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Gaza: UN health agency warns over continuing attacks on healthcare
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Gaza: Nearly 600 healthcare attacks since start of war, says WHO

Gaza: Nearly 600 healthcare attacks since start of war, says WHO

05 Jan 2024

Hospitals in Gaza and other vital medical infrastructure have been attacked nearly 600 times since war erupted in the enclave in response to the Hamas-led terror attack in southern Israel, the UN health agency said on Friday.

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Gaza: WHO chief calls for end to latest hospital siege

Gaza: WHO chief calls for end to latest hospital siege

21 May 2024

As bombardments by the Israeli military reportedly continued overnight across Gaza, along with ground incursions and heavy fighting, the head of the UN World Health Organization (WHO) issued an alert on Tuesday for staff and patients at besieged Al-Awda Hospital in the north of the enclave.

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Besieged Gaza hospital misery continues while rainfall prompts new health scare

Besieged Gaza hospital misery continues while rainfall prompts new health scare

14 Nov 2023

UN health agency WHO hailed on Tuesday the “heroic efforts” of staff at Gaza City’s besieged Al-Shifa hospital and expressed concern for hundreds of thousands of displaced people in the enclave where heavy rainfall has caused flooding and aggravated the already dire health crisis.