Thousands of Gaza patients waiting for urgent medical evacuation

ONU - 14/04
The Israeli bombardment of Al-Ahli, a Gaza City hospital, has put even more pressure on the remaining health facilities in the occupied Palestinian territory, where the delivery of aid and movement of humanitarian workers is highly restricted by the Israeli authorities.

On Monday, World Health Organisation (WHO) Representative Rik Peeperkorn told UN News about the desperate conditions he had seen at Al-Ahli before the attack, and the severe restriction on movement that is preventing thousands being evacuated for medical treatment outside of Gaza.

“I was in Gaza several weeks ago and I came out in early March, just before the aid blockade started and the attacks started up again.

UN News/Anton Uspensky

When I was there, during the ceasefire, we wer...
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