Nasser Hospital in Gaza running out of fuel, food, supplies: WHO chief

Nasser Hospital in Gaza running out of fuel, food, supplies: WHO chief

Published January 27,2024


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The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) stated Friday that 350 sufferers and 5,000 displaced residents stay at Nasser Hospital which is working out of gas, meals and provides in southern Gaza.

As preventing intensifies across the hospital in Khan Younis, tons of of sufferers and well being staff have fled, stated Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

“Currently 350 patients and 5000 displaced people remain at the hospital. The hospital is running out of fuel, food and supplies,” he wrote on X, with an accompanying video from the hospital.

He stated preventing continues within the neighborhood of the hospital and famous entry for resupplying the “remains challenging.”

“We appeal for a an immediate ceasefire, so that we can replenish urgently needed lifesaving supplies,” he stated.

Israel has launched a lethal offensive on the Gaza Strip since an Oct. 7 assault by Hamas, killing a minimum of 26,083 Palestinians and injuring 64,487 others. Nearly 1,200 Israelis are believed to have been killed within the Hamas assault.

The Israeli warfare has left 85% of Gaza’s inhabitants internally displaced amid acute shortages of meals, clear water and drugs, whereas greater than half of the enclave’s infrastructure has been broken or destroyed, in keeping with the UN.

Source: www.anews.com.tr