WHO urges against healthcare centre attacks

Published October 18, 2023

The World Health Organisation has urged against any attacks on healthcare centres, a day after a Gaza hospital strike that killed almost 500 people.

“We call… at a minimum to stop any attacks on healthcare facilities,” the head of the WHO’s European branch, Hans Kluge, told AFP in an interview.

The bodies of victims of the overnight strike at the Ahli Arab hospital are placed in a makeshift tent at the site in central Gaza on October 18, 2023. — AFP

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