The organization is promoting a plan to evict the establishment that it described as a “death zone.” There are 291 patients and 25 employees at the hospital.
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that it had carried out a mission to the Al Shifa hospital, the target of attacks by the Israeli army, and is promoting a plan to evacuate the establishment that it described as a “death zone.”
“WHO and its partners are urgently developing plans for the immediate evacuation of remaining patients, staff and their families,” the organization said in a statement released Saturday night, adding that 291 patients and 25 staff remained. at the hospital.
The Gaza Strip has been under a complete siege by Israel since October 9, with the population deprived of water, electricity, food and medicine.
A part of this population took refuge in the south, near the border with Egypt, but hundreds of thousands remain in the midst of the fighting, in the north of the enclave. According to several non-governmental organizations (NGOs), the situation is disastrous for the population.
In the Gaza Strip, where Israel says it intends to “annihilate” Hamas, Israeli bombings in retaliation for the October 7 attack have already killed more than 12,000 people, mostly civilians, including some 5,000 children. , according to the Hamas Ministry. Health.
According to Israeli authorities, about 1,200 people were killed in Israel in the Hamas attack on October 7, including about 300 military and police officers.
Source: Observadora
