WHO chief ‘extremely relieved’ after release of staff member detained by Israel

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The World Health Organisation (WHO) says one of its Gaza staff members has been released more than four weeks after being detained by Israel, Al Jazeera reports.

“Extremely relieved that our colleague, detained since 21 July in Gaza, was released this morning,” WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus wrote on X.

He repeated his call for the protection of all health and humanitarian workers.

WHO has described Gaza’s health sector as “on its knees”, citing severe shortages of fuel, medical supplies and staff amid repeated mass casualty incidents.

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