WHO rejected Israel’s claim about Hamas’ military use of hospitals

According to the report of Fars News Agency International Group, an official of the World Health Organization denied the claim of the Israeli regime about the use of hospitals as military bases by the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas.

Richard Pieperkorn, the representative of the World Health Organization in Gaza today, in response to a reporter’s question about the claim made by Israel, said: “We have not seen anything like this in the field during our mission.”

This WHO official further said that the organization is not in a position to comment on how hospitals are used. “The role of the World Health Organization is to monitor, analyze and report,” Piperkorn said. He added: “We do not attribute attacks on health facilities to any party. The task of our organization is not to investigate crimes. I think this should be very clear.”

Since conducting ground operations in Gaza, the Zionist regime has claimed that Hamas is using the hospital as a military base. Based on this claim, this regime has targeted various medical centers in Gaza and even arrested medical staff members and patients for questioning. Despite this, Tel Aviv has so far not provided any credible evidence to support its claims.

Pepperkorn stated in another part of his claims that none of the hospitals in the north of Gaza due to lack of fuel, staff and The equipment is not active. He said: “In fact, there is no hospital in the northern region that remains active.” has lost He said that this hospital is treating patients but does not accept new patients.

The representative of the World Health Organization in Gaza compared Al-Ahli Hospital to a hospital that is able to provide services with only 10 staff members. Services are limited to patients. He said that the staff of this hospital are novice doctors and nurses who, with limited resources, are only able to provide first aid, pain management and care for the injured.

He clarified: Yesterday, this hospital was the only hospital in northern Gaza that was able to provide surgical services to patients, and the hospital was full of patients who needed emergency services.

Peppercorn added that The Palestinians who were killed by the recent Israeli attacks are piled up in the yard of this hospital because there is no possibility of a safe and dignified burial for them.

The World Health Organization and human rights organizations have repeatedly reminded Israel. Attacking hospitals is prohibited under international law. Despite this, Israel has made the hospitals insecure to shelter Gaza citizens one of its main strategies.

The Israeli regime has attacked hospitals in southern Gaza in recent days. Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis is one of the centers that Israel has attacked several times. Several people, including a 13-year-old girl, were martyred in one of the attacks of Israeli tanks on this hospital a few days ago.

The spokesman of the Gaza Ministry of Health said a few days ago that the hospitals in southern Gaza have ” have become “complete collapse” and are not able to take care of the wounded and sick people who are added every day. Of these, 8,000 are children and 6,200 are women.

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