WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated 4 individuals have been killed and 17 others wounded within the air strike.
A minimum of 4 individuals have been killed in an Israeli air strike on the courtyard of the Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir el-Balah in central Gaza, in response to the World Well being Group and a hospital official.
A minimum of 4 individuals have been killed and 17 others have been wounded within the air strike, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated in a submit on X on Sunday.
Khaled al-Dakran, a spokesman for the hospital, stated a number of journalists have been among the many wounded within the assault.
Israel’s navy stated the assault focused a command centre operated by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad armed group.
The Authorities Media Workplace in Gaza stated the air strike hit a tent the place displaced individuals have been sheltering and journalists have been working.
Reporting from the hospital grounds, Al Jazeera’s Hind Khoudary stated displaced Palestinians on the hospital have been “terrified” after the assault.
“Everyone seems to be terrified right here. They’ve been in search of refuge inside this hospital for greater than six months now,” she stated.
Al-Dakran referred to as on the worldwide group to make sure safety for well being employees in Gaza.
“Hospitals and medical groups and all well being sector employees have to be protected and the worldwide group should present such safety,” he stated.
“The sufferers, the wounded and the displaced are in a state of panic and horror, fearing that the Israeli planes will assault the hospital once more.”
WHO chief Tedros stated a group with the United Nations organisation was on the hospital compound when the air strike hit and that every one WHO employees have been accounted for.
“We once more name for cover of sufferers, well being personnel and humanitarian missions. The continued assaults and militarisation of hospitals should cease. Worldwide humanitarian legislation have to be revered,” Tedros stated. “We urge events to adjust to the UN Safety Council decision and ceasefire!”
A @WHO group was on a humanitarian mission at Al-Aqsa Hospital in #Gaza, when a tent camp contained in the hospital compound was hit by an Israeli airstrike as we speak. 4 individuals have been killed and 17 injured. WHO employees are all accounted for.
The group was on the hospital assessing the wants…
— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@DrTedros) March 31, 2024
Reporting from Rafah, southern Gaza, Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum stated the assault was “a brand new a part of the Israeli ongoing assaults on journalists”.
Since October, greater than 130 Palestinian journalists have been killed, he added.
Israel’s military has been finishing up assaults in and round Al-Aqsa Hospital, amongst different medical amenities, in Gaza.
“The command centre and terrorists have been struck exactly”, the Israeli navy stated of Sunday’s assault, including it was meant to minimise “hurt to uninvolved civilians within the space of the hospital”.
“The Al-Aqsa Hospital constructing was not broken and its functioning was not affected.”
Israeli strikes have killed 77 Palestinians in Gaza previously 24 hours, well being authorities stated on Sunday.
Greater than 32,000 individuals have been killed in Israel’s warfare on Gaza because the warfare began practically six months in the past, in response to Palestinian officers. The assault started after the Palestinian group Hamas led an assault from Gaza on Israel on October 7, killing 1,139 individuals and seizing round 250 others as captives.
In a while Sunday, mediator Egypt was set to host an Israeli delegation for talks in a bid to safe a ceasefire with Hamas and an settlement for the group to launch a number of the roughly 130 hostages who stay in captivity in Gaza in trade for the discharge of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails.
