WHO loses communication with Gaza hospital, claims it is surrounded by tanks

The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Sunday that it had lost contact with Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, emphasizing that individuals who evacuated the hospital had apparently been shot, wounded, or dead.

WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean tweeted, “@WHO has lost communication with its contacts in Al-Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza. As horrifying reports of the hospital facing repeated attacks continue to emerge, we assume our contacts joined tens of thousands of displaced people and are fleeing the area”, through its official ‘X’ handle.

This comes after it was revealed that the hospital had been subjected to many attacks.

According to the newest reports, the hospital is encircled by tanks, according to WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who shared this on X.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus tweeted, “Deeply worrisome and frightening: WHO has lost contact with its focal points in Al-Shifa Hospital in #Gaza, amid horrifying reports of the hospital facing repeated attacks”, through his official ‘X’ handle.

“There are reports that some of those who fled the hospital have been shot at, wounded, or killed”, he continued in his tweet.

He went on to say, “The latest reports say the hospital was surrounded by tanks”.

“WHO is gravely concerned about the safety of health workers, hundreds of sick and injured patients, including babies on life support, and displaced people who remain inside the hospital”, the WHO Director-General continued in his tweet.

“WHO again calls for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza as the only way to save lives and reduce the horrific levels of suffering”, he explained.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus went on to say, “WHO also calls for the sustained, orderly, unimpeded, and safe medical evacuations of critically injured and sick patients”.

“All hostages must receive appropriate medical care and be released unconditionally”, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus added.

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