WHO: 25 hospitals in Gaza are completely out of service

According to the Fars News Agency, the World Health Organization announced on Tuesday that only 11 of its hospitals are operating in a limited way throughout the Gaza Strip.

“Richard Pepperkorn”, the representative of the World Health Organization in Palestine, added in a video press conference from the organization’s headquarters in Gaza: In the 66 days of the war, only 11 of the 36 active hospitals in Gaza remain semi-active. remained; One in the north of Gaza and 10 hospitals in the south.

He emphasized that we cannot lose more of these facilities in the medical system and desperately requested that these hospitals remain for the time being.

Earlier, the World Health Organization strongly criticized Israel in a statement and accused Israel of detaining and mistreating medical workers during its attacks inside Gaza.

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The Palestinian Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip said on Tuesday morning: “The Zionists are attacking hospitals, medical personnel and about 8,000 injured people who need immediate treatment.”

The head of this ministry explained to “Al-Jazeera” network: “About 600 patients, including 413 wounded, have been sent from the Rafah crossing for treatment outside the Gaza Strip.”

He warned about the dire situation of the medical system in the Gaza Strip: “The bed occupancy rate in the hospitals in the south of the Gaza Strip is 260%, which means a complete disaster”.

This Palestinian official continued. : “3 children died due to lack of oxygen in Kamal Adwan Hospital, and we have 12 children in the intensive care unit and 6 premature babies.” Allies have described the situation in Gaza as “apocalyptic” under the influence of the Zionist regime’s brutal attacks on civilian areas and said that under the current conditions, half of the population of Gaza is hungry, and the cost of each bag of flour has increased to 95 dollars under the influence of the war. /p>

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