WHO condemns Israel attack on northern Gaza hospital

World Health Organisation (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus condemned an Israeli attack on a hospital in the northern Gaza Strip yesterday.

“WHO condemns this morning’s attack on Kamal Adwan Hospital, which caused injuries to some hospital staff members, and hit a storage space containing lifesaving WHO supplies brought in via complex missions, as well as the desalination station and water tanks on top of the hospital,” Ghebreyesus wrote on X.

He said the hospital “has been barely functioning since the most recent raid” and that the “health situation in northern Gaza is appalling. We call on everyone to protect hospitals and fully comply with international humanitarian law.”

.@WHO condemns this morning’s attack on Kamal Adwan Hospital, which caused injuries to some hospital staff members, and hit a storage space containing lifesaving WHO supplies brought in via complex missions, as well as the desalination station and water tanks on top of the…

— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@DrTedros) October 31, 2024

Hospital Director, Hussam Abu Safiya, said four medics suffered burns in the attack.

“We were forced to leave patients to die because of the cessation of surgical operations,” he said, calling the situation “catastrophic”.

An Israeli air strike hit the hospital yesterday, torching medical supplies and disrupting operations.

This is the latest attack on the medical facility after occupation forces stormed and occupied it last week, detaining all medical staff except the hospital director, three nurses and a paediatrician.

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