Proposed truce is the most serious peace initiative to be tabled for months; WHO chief says Nasser hospital in southern Gaza is “minimally functional”
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Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO), has said that Nasser hospital in southern Gaza is only “minimally functioning” and facing shortages of major resources.
The hospital – Gaza’s largest remaining healthcare facility – is situated in the southern city of Khan Younis which has been under sustained assault from Israeli forces.
Today, due to delays around the checkpoint, the crowds took food being delivered, and once again it did not reach Nasser. This underscores the utter desperation of people in Gaza, who live in hellish conditions, including severe hunger. We continue to seek permission to deliver the fuel to the hospital.
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