The World Health Organization managed to get in contact with health workers at the Al-Shifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip, and that institution is no longer functioning as a hospital, the director of the UN agency, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, announced on Sunday evening.
He said in a post on the “X” network that the “situation is dire and dangerous” and that “the constant shooting and shelling in the area has worsened the already critical circumstances.”
“Three days have passed without electricity, without water and with very poor internet, which has seriously affected our ability to provide the necessary care. Unfortunately, the number of patient deaths has increased significantly. Unfortunately, the hospital is no longer functioning as a hospital,” he wrote.
He emphasized that “the world cannot remain silent while hospitals, which should be safe havens, turn into scenes of death, destruction and despair.”
“Ceasefire. NOW,” the director of the World Health Organization wrote at the end.
