The head of the World Health Organization says the Nasser Hospital in the southern city of Khan Younis in Gaza is no longer functioning due to the Israeli army’s weeklong siege followed by the ongoing raid.
“Both yesterday and the day before, the WHO team was not permitted to enter the hospital to assess the conditions of the patients and critical medical needs, despite reaching the hospital compound to deliver fuel alongside partners,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a statement on X.
He said there were still about 200 patients in the hospital and at least 20 of them needed to be urgently referred to other hospitals to receive healthcare.
He added: “Medical referral is every patient’s right. The cost of delays will be paid by patients’ lives. Access to the patients and hospital should be facilitated.”
Nasser Hospital was the largest active medical facility in Gaza and the latest of the dozens of medical complexes targeted by Israel.
