A child died “because of the interruption of medical care” at Al Ahli Hospital of her city Gauzewhich was shut down after serious damage suffered by an Israeli attack today, said the head of the World Health Organization (WHO).

“The hospital manager informed him who. A child died due to the interruption of medical care.

Al Ahli is one of the few hospitals still operating in the Gaza Strip, with Israel declaring that it has targeted a “administration center” of the Palestinian Islamist movement that controls Gaza. Hamas rejected this claim.

The general manager of WHERE He clarifies that the hospital was forced to transport 50 patients to other hospitals, while 40 patients in critical condition could not be transferred.

He pointed out that the hospital can no longer accept new patients pending the repairs to be done.

As it does every time a health infrastructure is affected by a conflict in Gaza or elsewhere, Tedros Antanom Gembregens recalls that hospitals are protected by international humanitarian law.

“Attacks on healthcare must stop. We repeat it once again: patients, nursing staff and hospitals must be protected. The exclusion of humanitarian aid must be lifted. A ceasefire,” he says.