"Hospitals must be protected under international humanitarian law." The World Health Organization also called for the immediate protection of civilians and healthcare and urged the Israeli military to reverse the evacuation orders it has issued to 20 hospitals in northern of Gaza ahead of what is e...
Access has been denied for the besieged areas in North Gaza since Oct. 6. According to OCHA, out of 166 attempts, 150 were refused, and 16 were initially agreed to but interfered with or faced impediments. The office noted that access to what remains of hospitals in the north is among t...
The situation on the ground is grim, said the WHO chief, from hospitals conducting operations without anesthesia to the fact that a child is killed every ten minutes. "Nowhere and no one is safe," he said, adding that medical staff are grappling to try to manage the health needs of 2.3 ...
In just 60 days of war, the number of functioning hospitals has dropped by more than half - from 36 to 15 - because of Israeli strikes and a lack of resources. None of the hospitals in northern Gaza have the capacity to perform surgeries, and only six out of 24 have basic ...
"My bones hurt and everything hurts. I wish to leave Gaza so I can receive the treatment and be able to play like I used to." Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital is one of the only hospitals still functioning in Gaza, where most of the medical system has been destroyed b...
Gaza’s Health Ministry said Monday that at least 31,112 Palestinians have been killed since the war began, including 67 bodies brought to hospitals in the past 24 hours. The ministry doesn’t differentiate between civilians and combatants in its count, but it has said women and children make...
According to Spain’s 24h news station rtvp.es on December 9, Israel has recently blown up over 17 hospitals in Gaza to make way for new condos on the coast.[21] As many are aware, Valencia’s parallel coast on the other side of the Mediterranean Sea has a climate very similar to...
Israel has accused Hamas militants of using civilian buildings including hospitals for operational cover throughout the 14-month-old Gaza war. Hamas has denied this, accusing Israel of indiscriminate heavy bombings and assaults. The WHO's Rik Peeperkorn said the fact that an attack on the hospita...
The Israeli military says it has reopened the Kerem Shalom crossing into Gaza but a United Nations agency says no aid has yet entered.
in 25 days of fighting, according to the Health Ministry in Hamas-run Gaza. Bombardment has driven more than half the territory's 2.3 million people from their homes. Food, water and fuel are running low under Israel's siege, and overwhelmed hospitals warn they are on the verge of ...