Israeli attack puts last functioning hospital in Gaza City out of service

ONU - 14/04
The last functioning hospital in Gaza City has been put out of action by an Israeli strike at the weekend, while a child patient with reported head trauma died while being evacuated, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.

“Al Ahli Hospital is out of service,” WHO spokesperson Dr Margaret Harris told UN News, after the airstrike early on Sunday morning. “The pharmacy was destroyed, many of the different buildings and services were destroyed.”

Some 40 patients whose condition is too critical to be moved from the health facility are continuing to receive care, while the 50 other remaining patients – including the child who died - were evacuated to other medical centres shortly before the attack began.

Supplies now critically low...
[Short citation of 8% of the original article]