WHO condemns attack

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has strongly condemned the attack on the Gaza hospital, which was operational with patients, health and caregivers, and internally displaced people sheltering there.

The WHO said the hospital was one of 20 in the north of the Gaza Strip facing evacuation orders from the Israeli military.

“The order for evacuation has been impossible to carry out given the current insecurity, critical condition of many patients, and lack of ambulances, staff, health system bed capacity, and alternative shelter for those displaced,” the global health agency said.

The WHO called for the immediate active protection of civilians and health care. “Evacuation orders must be reversed. International humanitarian law must be abided by, which means health care must be actively protected and never targeted,” it said. (AP)