The WHO chief mentioned its crew had seen “at least five dead bodies during the mission”.
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The World Health Organization mentioned Saturday that Gaza’s largest hospital had been lowered to ashes by Israel’s newest siege, leaving an “empty shell” with many our bodies.
Israeli forces pulled out of Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on Monday after a two-week navy operation, throughout which it mentioned it had battled Palestinian operatives inside what was as soon as the Palestinian territory’s most necessary medical advanced.
A WHO-led mission lastly accessed the hospital on Friday, after a number of failed makes an attempt since March 25, the UN well being company mentioned, describing the huge destruction.
.@WHO and companions managed to succeed in Al-Shifa — as soon as the spine of the well being system in #Gaza, which is now an empty shell with human graves after the most recent siege. The crew witnessed at the least 5 lifeless our bodies through the mission.
Most of the buildings within the hospital advanced… pic.twitter.com/jSKVfZkR5f
— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@DrTedros) April 6, 2024
“WHO and partners managed to reach Al-Shifa — once the backbone of the health system in Gaza, which is now an empty shell with human graves after the latest siege,” company chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus wrote on X, previously Twitter.
He mentioned the crew had seen “at least five dead bodies during the mission”.
They had additionally discovered that “most of the buildings in the hospital complex are extensively destroyed and the majority of assets damaged or reduced to ashes”, the WHO chief mentioned.
“Even restoring minimal functionality in the short term seems implausible,” he mentioned, including that “an in-depth assessment by a team of engineers is needed to determine if the remaining buildings are safe for future use”.
Tedros lamented that efforts by WHO and different assist teams to revive primary companies at Al-Shifa after Israel’s first devastating raid on the hospital final 12 months “are now lost, and people are once again deprived of access to lifesaving health care services”.
Of Gaza’s 36 essential hospitals, solely 10 stay partially purposeful, in accordance with WHO.
The Gaza battle started on October 7 with an unprecedented assault cross-border assault by Hamas militants ensuing within the demise of 1,170 individuals in southern Israel, principally civilians, in accordance with an AFP toll from official Israeli figures.
Palestinian militants additionally took round 250 hostages, about 130 of whom stay in Gaza. The military says that greater than 30 are lifeless.
Vowing to destroy Hamas, Israel has relentlessly bombarded the territory, killing at the least 33,137 individuals, principally ladies and kids, in accordance with the well being ministry within the Hamas-run territory.
Tedros mentioned pressing motion was wanted in Gaza as “famine looms, disease outbreaks spread and trauma injuries increase”.
He known as for the “protection of remaining health facilities in Gaza (and) protection of health and humanitarian workers”.
The WHO chief demanded “unimpeded access of humanitarian aid into and across the Gaza Strip” and a “ceasefire”.
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