Gaza: WHO chief calls for end to latest hospital siege

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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Gaza: WHO chief calls for end to latest hospital siege

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