World Health Organization director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who escaped an Israeli airstrike in Yemen, says Gaza's health crisis is indescribable and is calling for a ceasefire.

People in Gaza 'need access to health care,' Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says, calls on cease-fire - Anadolu Ajansı

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says medical facilities have once again become 'battlegrounds' in the conflict between Israel and Hamas.View on euronews

The head of the World Health Organization on Monday called for an end to attacks on hospitals in Gaza after Israel struck one and raided another in the past few days. "Hospitals in Gaza have once again become battlegrounds and the health system is under severe threat,

Israeli attacks on hospitals in Gaza have devastated the Palestinian enclave's health system and raised serious concerns about Israel's compliance with international law, the U.N. Human Rights Office said in a report on Tuesday.

UN documents at least 136 attacks on 27 hospitals and 12 other medical facilities over eight months in besieged Palestinian territory

The U.N. Human Rights Office says Israel’s attacks on and around hospitals have pushed health care to the brink of collapse and may have violated international law. Israel has dismissed the allegations.

The UN Human Rights Office has accused the Israeli army of destroying the healthcare system in the Gaza Strip. According to the report, Israeli military actions from October 2023 to June 2024 led to the deaths of numerous patients and medical staff.