'High-risk mission' delivers fuel to Al-Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza

The World Health Organization (WHO) and partners have delivered 19,000 litres of fuel to Al-Shifa hospital in northern Gaza, the UN agency said late on Tuesday.   https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2024/01/1145817
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'High-risk mission' delivers fuel to Al-Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza
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Gaza health system collapsing, as UN agencies renew ceasefire call

Gaza health system collapsing, as UN agencies renew ceasefire call

17 Jan 2024

The World Health Organization (WHO) is continuing to do all it can to deliver critical medicines, supplies and fuel to Gaza hospitals, where the health system is collapsing, an agency official said on Wednesday. 

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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.

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‘This must stop,’ UN chief says as deaths, displacement ripple across Gaza

‘This must stop,’ UN chief says as deaths, displacement ripple across Gaza

19 Nov 2023

Spikes in casualties, attacks on schools and shelters, including the death of a UN worker, and crippling fuel shortages blocking aid deliveries rippled across Gaza over the weekend, as the World Health Organization (WHO) helped to evacuate 31 babies in critical condition at the besieged Al-Shifa Hospital and the UN chief called for a humanitarian ceasefire amid the ongoing Israel-Palestine crisis.