The World Health Organisation said on Saturday that Gaza\u2019s largest hospital had been reduced to ashes by Israel\u2019s latest siege, leaving an \u201cempty shell\u201d with many bodies. Israeli forces pulled out of Al Shifa hospital in Gaza City on Monday after a two-week military operation, during which it said it had battled Palestinian militants inside what was once the Palestinian territory\u2019s most important medical complex. A WHO-led mission finally accessed the hospital on Friday, after multiple failed attempts since March 25, the UN health agency said, describing the massive destruction. \u201cWHO and partners managed to reach Al Shifa \u2014 once the backbone of the health system in Gaza, which is now an empty shell with human graves after the latest siege,\u201d agency chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus wrote on X, formerly Twitter. He said the team had seen \u201cat least five dead bodies during the mission\u201d. They had also found that \u201cmost of the buildings in the hospital complex are extensively destroyed and the majority of assets damaged or reduced to ashes\u201d, the WHO chief said. \u201cEven restoring minimal functionality in the short term seems implausible,\u201d he said, adding that \u201can in-depth assessment by a team of engineers is needed to determine if the remaining buildings are safe for future use\u201d. Tedros lamented that efforts by WHO and other aid groups to revive basic services at Al Shifa after Israel\u2019s first devastating raid on the hospital last year \u201care now lost, and people are once again deprived of access to lifesaving health care services\u201d. Of Gaza\u2019s 36 main hospitals, only 10 remain partially functional, according to WHO.Tedros said urgent action was needed in Gaza as \u201cfamine looms, disease outbreaks spread and trauma injuries increase\u201d. He called for the \u201cprotection of remaining health facilities in Gaza (and) protection of health and humanitarian workers\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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