"WHO Leads High-Risk Mission to Evacuate Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospital Amidst Israel-Hamas Conflict"

The World Health Organization (WHO) led a high-risk joint humanitarian mission to Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza, which has essentially stopped functioning as a medical facility due to the lack of essential aid. The hospital is unable to admit new patients, and the remaining patients and staff are in desperate need of evacuation. The team observed signs of shelling and gunfire, a mass grave, and a lack of clean water, fuel, medicines, and food. Urgent plans are being developed to evacuate patients and staff to other facilities, but the strained healthcare system in Gaza is already overwhelmed. WHO calls for an immediate ceasefire, sustained humanitarian assistance, and unhindered access to address the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza.