The latest Gaza Hospital providing heart care and oncology has stopped operating following an Israeli attack, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday, May 15. The head of the United Nations health agency, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said on X that Tuesday’s attack had left Khan Younes European hospital “seriously damaged and inaccessible”. He is “no longer functional,” he said, adding that an WHO team had evacuated the emergency medical staff on the spot during the attack.
Tedros Ghebreyesus said that “the closure of the hospital has interrupted vital services, including neurosurgery, heart care and cancer treatment, which are not available elsewhere in the Gaza Strip“.
MSF accusations towards Israel
“This closure also puts an end to the role of the establishment as a hub for medical evacuations, which puts an even more rude an already overwhelmed health system,” added Tedros Ghebreyesus. Doctors Without Borders (MSF) also condemned the consequences of this closure.
One of the last rescue buoys of the Gaza health system has shattered ”
“One of the last rescue buoys of the Gaza health system has shattered,” said the NGO on X, stating that Nasser Hospital was now the only one to operate in Khan Younes, in the south of the Gaza Strip. According to MSF, the remaining hospitals of the territory “mostly partially functional, are constantly overwhelmed”.
